Peñaranda de Bracamonte is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the province of

Salamanca Salamanca () is a Municipality of Spain, municipality and city in Spain, capital of the Province of Salamanca, province of the same name, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is located in the Campo Charro comarca, in the ...

, Western

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, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located from the provincial capital city of

and has a population of 6320 people. It's the birthplace of Senor Wences, a Ventriloquist and a frequent guest on the Ed Sulivan Show

History

In July 1939, a powder mill in the village exploded reportedly killing 80 people and injuring 1,500.

Geography

The

covers an area of . It lies above

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and the

postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, inclu ...

is 37300.

References

Municipalities in the Province of Salamanca {{Salamanca-geo-stub

History

Geography

See also

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