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Extremadura

Extremadura (Spanish: [e(k)stɾemaˈðuɾa]; Extremaduran: Estremaúra; Portuguese: Estremadura; Fala: Extremaúra) is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, it is crossed from east to west by the Tagus and Guadiana rivers. The autonomous community is formed by the two largest provinces of Spain: Cáceres and Badajoz. Extremadura is bordered by Portugal to the west and by the autonomous communities of Castile and León (north), Castilla–La Mancha (east) and Andalusia (south).

Extremadura
Anthem: "Himno de Extremadura"
"Anthem of Extremadura"
Location of Extremadura within Spain
Coordinates: 39°N 6°W / 39°N 6°W / 39; -6Coordinates: 39°N 6°W / 39°N 6°W / 39; -6
Country Spain
Largest cityBadajoz
CapitalMérida
ProvincesCáceres, and Badajoz
Government
 • TypeDevolved government in a constitutional monarchy
 • BodyJunta de Extremadura
 • PresidentGuillermo Fernández Vara (PSOE)
Area
 • Total41,634.16 km2 (16,075.04 sq mi)
 • Rank5th
Population
 (2016)
 • Total1,087,778
 • Rank12th
 • Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
DemonymsExtremaduran, Extremenian
extremeño (m), extremeña (f)
ISO 3166 codeES-EX
Statute of AutonomyFebruary 26, 1983
Official languagesSpanish
Other languagesExtremaduran, Fala, Portuguese
ParliamentAssembly of Extremadura
Congress10 deputies (out of 350)
Senate10 senators (out of 265)
HDI (2018)0.853[1]
very high · 17th
Websitewww.juntaex.es

It is an important area for wildlife, particularly with the major reserve at Monfragüe, which was designated a National Park in 2007, and the International Tagus River Natural Park (Parque Natural Tajo Internacional). The regional executive body, led by the President of Extremadura, is called Junta de Extremadura.

The Day of Extremadura is celebrated on 8 September. [2] It coincides with the Catholic festivity of Our Lady of Guadalupe.[2]

The region, featuring a huge energy surplus and hosting deposits of lithium, is at the forefront of Spain's plans for energy transition and a decarbonisation.

Geography

Physical environment

 
Towering over 2,400 m, the Calvitero is considered to be Extremadura's highest point.
 
The Garganta de Cuartos in northeastern Extremadura

Extremadura is contained between 37° 57′ and 40° 29′ N latitude, and 4° 39′ and 7° 33′ W longitude.

The area of Extremadura is 41,633 km2 (16,075 sq mi), making it the fifth largest of the Spanish autonomous communities. It is located in the Southern Plateau (a subdivision of the Spanish Central Plateau).

The region is crossed from West to East by two large rivers, the Tagus and the Guadiana, lining up three basic areas from North to South by combining mountain ranges and rivers: the territory spanning from the Sistema Central to the Tagus, the so-called Mesopotamia extremeña in between the Tagus and the Guadiana and the territory from the Guadiana to Sierra Morena.[3] Besides the catchment basins of the Tagus and the Guadiana covering most of the territory by far, fringe areas of the region are drained by the Douro (north) and the Guadalquivir (south). Notable Tagus tributaries include the Tiétar and the Alagón (rightbank) and the Almonte, Ibor, Salor and the Sever (leftbank). Regarding the Guadiana, important leftbank tributaries include Guadarranque and Ruecas and rightbank tributaries include the Zújar River and the Matachel.

The highest point in Extremadura, the 2,401 m (7,877 ft) high Calvitero (or El Torreón),[4] is located in the Sistema Central, in the northeastern end of the region, bordering with Castile and León. The main subranges of the Sistema Central in Extremadura are the Sierra de Gata and Sierra de Béjar.

The modest heights of Sierra de las Villuercas (topping at 1,603 m (5,259 ft) on the Pico de las Villuercas) rise in the Mesopotamia extremeña. Other notable ranges include the Sierra de Montánchez and the Sierra de San Pedro, part of the larger Montes de Toledo system.[5]

The Sierra Morena—the limit between Extremadura and Andalusia—and the Sierra de Tentudía (topping at 1,104 m (3,622 ft) on the Pico Tentudía) rise in the south.

There are four different hydrographic basins:

  • The basin of the Tagus (Spanish: Tajo), with two principal tributaries: on the right, the Tiétar and the Alagón; and on the left, the Almonte, Ibor, Salor and the Sever. The tributaries on the right edge carry a large quantity of water, which feed the gorges of the Sistema Central where the rainfall is abundant and the winter brings a great quantity of snow.
  • The basin of the Guadiana, which has principal tributaries:
  • The basin of the Guadalquivir with only 1,411 km2 (545 sq mi) in Extremadura (2.45% of total).
  • The basin of the Douro (Spanish: Duero) with only 35 km2 (14 sq mi) in Extremadura (0.04% of its basin).

Climate

The climate of Extremadura is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa in the Köppen climate classification). Extremadura generally presents average annual temperatures somewhat warmer than most of the Iberian Peninsula, featuring nonetheless a north–south gradient.[6] Annual thermal amplitude generally ranges from 16 to 19ºC.[6] Average annual precipitation stands at around 600 mm.[7] Parts of the Sistema Central presents more than 1,500 mm while it barely rains 400 mm in parts of the province of Badajoz.[7] Summers are very hot and dry, with the rain concentrated in the cold months instead, leading to a high degree of water stress during the summer months.[8]

History

 
Archaeological Roman Ensemble in Mérida (Emerita Augusta), capital of the Roman province of Hispania Lusitana.

Lusitania, an ancient Roman province approximately including current day Portugal (except for the northern area today known as Norte Region) and a central western portion of the current day Spain, covered in those times today's Autonomous Community of Extremadura. Mérida (now capital of Extremadura) became the capital of the Roman province of Lusitania, and one of the most important cities in the Roman Empire.

Just like the bulk of the Iberian Peninsula, the territory was conquered by the Umayyads in the early 8th century. As part of the Emirate and later Caliphate of Córdoba, it largely constituted a territorial subdivision (kūra) of the former polities centered around Mérida. Following the collapse of the Caliphate in the early 11th century during the so-called Fitna of al-Andalus and its ensuing fragmentation into ephemeral statelets (taifas), the bulk of the territory of current day Extremadura became part of the (First) Taifa of Badajoz (Baṭalyaws), centered around the namesake city and founded by Sapur, a Ṣaqāliba previously freed by Al-Hakam II.[9]

 
The bull of Plasencia in the Cantigas de Santa Maria.

Conversely, the kingdoms of León, Castile and Portugal (most notably the first one) made advances in the 11th and 12th centuries across the territory (with for example the successive Leonese conquests of Coria in 1079[10] and 1142,[11] the Portuguese attempts at expanding across the Guadiana basin in the second half of the 12th century,[12] or the Castilian founding of Plasencia in 1186)[13] not free from setbacks either caused by the Almoravid and Almohad impetus, which also entailed the demise of the first and second taifa of Badajoz in 1094 and 1150,[14] respectively. In the Almohad case, their 1174 offensive removed Leonese control from every fortress south of the Tagus (including Cáceres).[15] After the Almohad disaster at the 1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, the remaining part of current-day Extremadura under Muslim control fell to the troops led by Alfonso IX of LeónAlcántara (1214),[16] Cáceres (1227–1229),[17] Mérida (1230),[18] Badajoz (1230)[19]— and later to the military orders of Santiago and AlcántaraTrujillo (1232),[20] Medellín (1234)[21]—on behalf of Ferdinand III of Castile. The last fortresses in the Lower Extremadura were conquered by Christians by 1248.[22]

By the late Middle Ages, the territory of the current-day region consisted of mayorazgos of the military orders of Santiago and Alcántara (about half the territory), nobiliary lordships (about a quarter of the territory) and royal demesne towns (the other quarter of the territory).[23]

In between the 15th and 16th centuries, the concept of the Leonese and Castilian extremaduras diluted and the name eventually came to refer to the territory of the current-day region.[24] The territory lacked nonetheless shared government and administration institutions.[25]

In between 1570 and 1572, in the context of the deportation of Granadans that ensued with the repression of the Alpujarras revolt, the Crown forcibly relocated about 11,000 moriscos in the territory of the current-day region.[26] The distribution was somewhat chaotic although some places with an already "threatening" population of old moriscos such as Hornachos, Magacela and Benquerencia were avoided as resettlement locations for the Granadan moriscos.[27] The expulsion of the moriscos from the region began in 1609, starting with the moriscos of Hornachos, the first in the Crown of Castile.[28] By September 1610 about two thirds of the moriscos of Extremadura had been already expelled and by 1611 the number amounted to 12,776.[29] Those who avoided the early orders of expulsion abided to reports of being 'good Christians' or claimed a status as 'old moriscos'.[30] At the height of 1612, there were reports of remaining moriscos in Trujillo, Mérida and Plasencia.[31]

 
17th century panorama of the city of Badajoz.

Located in the most able path from the Meseta Central to Portugal, the territory suffered greatly due to warfare from the 1640–1668 Portuguese Restoration War,[32] characterised not by the movement of large armies but for pillage, skirmishes, raids, and destruction of economic resources and settlements across both sides of the Raya.[33] The growing role of the fortified place of Badajoz—halfway Lisbon and Madrid—in the wake of the installment of the Captaincy General of Extremadura consolidated the clout of the military in the region.[34]

By the late 18th century, the Extremaduran countryside languished, experiencing a deep crisis.[35] There was a diminishing share of land dedicated to crops.[36] The growing cattle sector induced the creation of yet more pastures,[36] adding up to the structural problem stemmed from the extraordinary degree of concentration of land ownership.[35] By the end of the Ancien Régime, the clergy, municipal councils and the royal army mattered more than the lesser role of the entitled nobility.[34]

Railway developed in the second half of the 19th century. In September 1863, a passenger train arrived to Badajoz from Elvas, Portugal—the first train in the region and the first international service in the Iberian Peninsula—.[37][38] In 1866, the Badajoz–Ciudad Real line [es] was completed, enabling the link with Madrid.[39] The Madrid−Valencia de Alcántara line, a new connection passing through the province of Cáceres, was fully completed in 1881.[40]

In the context of the 1936–1939 Spanish Civil War, the quick advance of the Rebel faction, the so-called Columna Madrid, across the province of Badajoz in August 1936 left merciless repression and mass casualties behind.[41] In the context of the war and the immediate Post-War period, Badajoz was the Spanish province where the Francoist repression comparatively took the highest relative toll of victims: around 12,000 executions in the province (out of the 14,000 in the whole region), compared to around 1,600 victims of the Republican repression.[42]

In the mid 20th century, the Francoist dictatorship pursued a policy of colonization and agrarian reform in the region to foster the economy, transforming thousands of hectares of dryland crops into irrigated lands, also favouring the erection of 63 new settlements by the Instituto Nacional de Colonización (INC).[43] The second half of the 20th century saw a massive rural flight out of the region, both to the industrialised areas of Spain (already started in 1955) as well as to richer European countries (such as Germany, France and Switzerland), both of which notably intensified after 1961, in the wake of the 1959 Stabilization Plan (and in the second case also after bilateral agreements reached with destination countries).[44] The region henceforth was handed a demographic blow in the ensuing years, with the effective expulsion of nearly a 40% of the population, particularly young people.[45]

In the context of the development of the Spanish autonomous communities, the pre-autonomous government entity in Extremadura (the "Junta Regional de Extremadura") with jurisdiction over the provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres was created by means of a 1978 law.[46] The draft of the regional Statute of Autonomy began in 1980.[47] The text passed its final hurdle as it was enshrined as Organic Law in 1982.[46] The first election to the Assembly of Extremadura took place in May 1983.

Government and administration

Autonomous

The Statute of Autonomy of Extremadura (enacted in 1983) is the fundamental organic law regulating the autonomous government, and it establishes the institutions through which the autonomous community exerts its powers:[48]

 
The hemicycle of the Assembly of Extremadura
  • Assembly of Extremadura. The following are some of the functions conferred to the legislature: exerting legislative power in the autonomous community, the promotion and control of the Junta of Extremadura, the passing of the regional budget, the designation of senators correspondent to the autonomous community or the control of the media dependent on the regional government.[48] Its members (currently 65) are directly elected through the means of proportional representation and close party lists with an electoral threshold of 5% (the most benign between the total voting percentage and the voting percentage in a particular electoral district) in two electoral districts: Badajoz and Cáceres, corresponding to the two provinces of the region.
  • Junta of Extremadura. It is the collegiate body comprised by the regional president, the vice-president and the ministers (consejeros) exerting the executive and administrative functions of the regional government.[48]
  • President of the Junta of Extremadura. The officeholder is charged with directing and coordinating the action of the Junta of Extremadura, being the highest representative of Extremadura while also holding the ordinary representation of the State in the region. The regional president is elected by the legislature from among its members, needing to command an absolute majority of votes in the first round of investiture or a simple majority of positive votes in successive rounds. The president personally selects the ministers of the Junta.[48]

Provincial

The government body for each of the provinces is the deputation (diputación): the Provincial Deputation of Badajoz and the Provincial Deputation of Cáceres. The members of the plenary of the deputation are indirectly elected from among the municipal councillors based on the results of the municipal elections. In turn, the plenary elects the president of the deputation from among its members.

Economy

 
Extremadura products treemap, 2020

The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the autonomous community was 20.0 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 1.7% of Spanish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 20,100 euros or 67% of the EU27 average in the same year. Extremadura was the community with the second lowest GDP per capita in Spain before Melilla.[49]

Export goods (mostly consisting of food and semimanufactures) are primarily sent to the European market, but there has been a growing share of non-EU export destinations throughout the 2010s.[50] Balance of trade is generally positive.[50]

The unemployment rate stood at 26.2% in 2017 and was one of the highest in the European Union.[51]

Agriculture

 
Iberian pigs in Extremadura
 
Tobacco field in La Vera

Wild Black Iberian pigs roam in the area and consume acorns from oak groves. These pigs are caught and used for the cured ham dish jamón ibérico. The higher the percentage of acorns eaten by the pigs, the more valuable the ham. For example, jamón ibérico from pigs whose diet consists of 90% acorns or more can be sold for more than twice as much as ham whose pigs ate on average less than 70% acorns.[citation needed] In the US, jamón ibérico directly from Extremadura, with bone, was illegal until around 2005. At that time, enough US restaurants were in demand for the delicacy that Spain decided to export it as boneless, which the US Department of Agriculture's health codes would approve (and continue to do).[citation needed]

85 Extremaduran municipalities constitute the jurisdiction of the "Dehesa de Extremadura" Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), which protects jamones and paletas (hind and front pig legs) originated from Iberian pigs and mixed Iberian/Duroc-Jersey pigs.[52]

As of 2021, Extremadura produces about 98% of the tobacco produced in Spain, also being the leading European producing region.[53] Tobacco production concentrates in La Vera and Campo Arañuelo.[53]

Tomato production (2,122,000 tonnes in 2017) primarily concentrates in the riverbanks of the Guadiana and the Alagón-Árrago.[54]

A large part of the region falls within the scope of the Ribera del Guadiana PDO, which is further divided in the Ribera Alta, Tierra de Barros, Matanegra, Ribera Baja, Montánchez, and Cañamero wine subregions.[55] The PDO protects the wines made of several varieties of black and white grapes..[56]

As of 2021, Extremadura is the second largest rice producing region in Spain, after Andalusia.[57] However, due to drought and high water demands from rice fields, non-irrigated rice fields have been favoured since the late 2010s.[58][57] Together with Murcia, Extremadura is a major producer of paprika, primarily destined to the Spanish market.[59] Peppers are grown in the "Pimentón de la Vera" PDO [es], consisting of the comarcas of La Vera, Campo Arañuelo, Valle del Ambroz and Valle del Alagón.[59] The PDO produced 3,860 tonnes in 2020.[59]

Energy

About half the value of the regional industrial production belongs to the energy sector.[60] Extremadura presents a huge energy surplus, producing about four times the energy it consumes.[60] This situation has led to the characterization of Extremadura as a potential "colony" of the private electricity companies, which are not taxed in the region and employ a relatively low share of the industrial workforce.[60] The Tagus is dammed in the reservoirs of Alcántara, Torrejón and Valdecañas whereas the Guadiana is dammed in the reservoirs of Cíjara, Puerto Peña, Orellana and Zújar.[61] Due to the orographic conditions, the Tagus is better suited for hydroelectric use than the Guadiana.[61] As of 2021, the region has around 2,193.84 MW of installed hydroelectric power, primarily controlled by Endesa and Iberdrola, with a lesser role of Grupo Pitarch.[60]

The two reactors of the Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant (which were put in operation in 1981 and 1983, respectively) are jointly operated by Endesa, Iberdrola and Naturgy.[60] They generate a power of 1,048.43 MW and 1,044.45 MW.[62]

The region is at the forefront of Spain's plans for energy transition and a decarbonisation, thanks to the installation of large solar power plants and the granting of lithium mining licenses.[63] However, such prospects have sparked criticism and concern regarding how to avoid a "third energy colonisation" after those of the construction of reservoirs for hydroelectric use and the building of nuclear power plants.[63] Two of the largest photovoltaic power plants in Europe are located in the region: Francisco Pizarro (590 MW) in Torrecillas de la Tiesa and Núñez de Balboa (500 MW) in Usagre; both are operated by Iberdrola, which is developing another 6 photovoltaic plants collectively amounting to 1,300 MW.[62] The first solar thermal power plant in the region, Alvarado I, (50 MW) opened in 2009.[64]

A project to build a lithium-ion battery factory participated by Envision in Navalmoral de la Mata was announced in June 2022.[65]

Population

As of January 1, 2012, the population of Extremadura is 1,109,367 inhabitants, representing 2.36% of the Spanish population (46,745,807).

The population density is very low—25/km2 (65/sq mi)—compared to Spain as a whole.

The urban network is dominated by three municipalities between 50,000 and 200,000 inhabitants (Badajoz, Cáceres and Mérida), followed by Plasencia, the Don Benito-Villanueva de la Serena conurbation and Almendralejo.[50] Other municipalities with a population above 10,000 inhabitants include Zafra, Montijo, Villafranca de los Barros, Navalmoral de la Mata and Coria.[50]

The most populous province is that of Badajoz, with a population of 691,715 and a population density of 31.78/km2 (82.3/sq mi). With an area of 21,766 km2 (8,404 sq mi), it is the largest province in Spain. 413,766 people live in the province of Cáceres at a density of 20.83/km2 (53.9/sq mi), having an area of 19,868 km2 (7,671 sq mi), making it the largest province in Spain after Badajoz.

 
 
Largest municipalities in Extremadura
INE (1 January 2020)[66]
Rank Province Pop. Rank Province Pop.
 
Badajoz
 
Cáceres
1 Badajoz Badajoz 150,984 11 Villafranca de los Barros Badajoz 12,673  
Mérida
 
Plasencia
2 Cáceres Cáceres 96,255 12 Coria Cáceres 12,366
3 Mérida Badajoz 59,548 13 Olivenza Badajoz 11,912
4 Plasencia Cáceres 39,860 14 Miajadas Cáceres 9,527
5 Don Benito Badajoz 37,284 15 Jerez de los Caballeros Badajoz 9,196
6 Almendralejo Badajoz 33,855 16 Trujillo Cáceres 8,912
7 Villanueva de la Serena Badajoz 25,752 17 Los Santos de Maimona Badajoz 8,075
8 Navalmoral de la Mata Cáceres 17,163 18 Azuaga Badajoz 7,747
9 Zafra Badajoz 16,810 19 Talayuela Cáceres 7,395
10 Montijo Badajoz 15,504 20 Guareña Badajoz 6,888

Foreign population

Foreign population by country of citizenship (2020)[67]
Nationality Population
  Romania 8,173
  Morocco 7,400
  Portugal 3,188
  China 1,655
  Colombia 1,555
  Brazil 1,529
  Honduras 972
  Nicaragua 951
  Venezuela 752
  Italy 509
  United Kingdom 450
  Peru 432
  Argentina 412
  France 408
  Dominican Republic 399

As of 2020, the largest foreign community is that of Romanian nationals with 8,173 people, followed by Moroccans with 7,400. Brazilians account for 3,188, Chinese for 1,655 and Colombians make up 1,409. There are also 3,188 Portuguese people living within the region. The region had a foreign population of 34,667.[67]

Historical development

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1877739,403—    
1887821,301+11.1%
1900882,410+7.4%
1910991,355+12.3%
19201,064,318+7.4%
19301,153,145+8.3%
19401,258,055+9.1%
19501,366,780+8.6%
19601,406,329+2.9%
19701,169,396−16.8%
19811,064,976−8.9%
19911,061,852−0.3%
20011,058,503−0.3%
20111,104,499+4.3%
20211,061,636−3.9%
Source: INE

The Extremaduran population, according to the 1591 census of the provinces of the Kingdom of Castile, was around 540,000 people, making up 8% of the total population of Spain. No other census was performed until 1717, when 326,358 people were counted as living in Extremadura.

From this period, the population grew steadily until the 1960s (1,379,072 people in 1960[68]). After 1960, emigration to more prosperous regions of Spain and Europe drained the population.

Administrative divisions

Extremadura is divided into 383 municipalities, 164 are part of the Province of Badajoz and the other 219 are part of the Province of Cáceres.

There are also traditional comarcas in Extremadura, like Las Villuercas and Las Hurdes, but these do not have much official recognition.

Languages

The only official language is Spanish (whose local dialects are collectively called Castúo), but other languages and dialects are also spoken. The Fala, a Galician-Portuguese language, is a specially protected language and is spoken in the valley of Jálama. The Extremaduran language, the collective name for a group of vernacular dialects related to Leonese[69] is endangered. Local variants of Portuguese are native to Cedillo and Herrera de Alcántara.[70] Portuguese has also been accounted to be spoken as well by some people (mainly those born before the 1940s[71]) in Olivenza.

Reported phonological distinctive features of the Spanish dialectal variants spoken in the region include instances of seseo (in some areas of the province of Badajoz), loss of intervocalic /d/, j and word-initial h aspiration, r → l substitution, and yeísmo.[72]

Sports

See also

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edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at es Extremadura see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated es Extremadura to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Extremadura Spanish e k stɾemaˈduɾa Extremaduran Estremaura Portuguese Estremadura Fala Extremaura is an autonomous community of Spain Its capital city is Merida and its largest city is Badajoz Located in the central western part of the Iberian Peninsula it is crossed from east to west by the Tagus and Guadiana rivers The autonomous community is formed by the two largest provinces of Spain Caceres and Badajoz Extremadura is bordered by Portugal to the west and by the autonomous communities of Castile and Leon north Castilla La Mancha east and Andalusia south ExtremaduraAutonomous communityFlagCoat of armsAnthem Himno de Extremadura Anthem of Extremadura Location of Extremadura within SpainCoordinates 39 N 6 W 39 N 6 W 39 6 Coordinates 39 N 6 W 39 N 6 W 39 6Country SpainLargest cityBadajozCapitalMeridaProvincesCaceres and BadajozGovernment TypeDevolved government in a constitutional monarchy BodyJunta de Extremadura PresidentGuillermo Fernandez Vara PSOE Area Total41 634 16 km2 16 075 04 sq mi Rank5thPopulation 2016 Total1 087 778 Rank12th Density26 km2 68 sq mi DemonymsExtremaduran Extremenianextremeno m extremena f ISO 3166 codeES EXStatute of AutonomyFebruary 26 1983Official languagesSpanishOther languagesExtremaduran Fala PortugueseParliamentAssembly of ExtremaduraCongress10 deputies out of 350 Senate10 senators out of 265 HDI 2018 0 853 1 very high 17thWebsitewww wbr juntaex wbr esIt is an important area for wildlife particularly with the major reserve at Monfrague which was designated a National Park in 2007 and the International Tagus River Natural Park Parque Natural Tajo Internacional The regional executive body led by the President of Extremadura is called Junta de Extremadura The Day of Extremadura is celebrated on 8 September 2 It coincides with the Catholic festivity of Our Lady of Guadalupe 2 The region featuring a huge energy surplus and hosting deposits of lithium is at the forefront of Spain s plans for energy transition and a decarbonisation Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Physical environment 1 2 Climate 2 History 3 Government and administration 3 1 Autonomous 3 2 Provincial 4 Economy 4 1 Agriculture 4 2 Energy 5 Population 5 1 Foreign population 5 2 Historical development 6 Administrative divisions 7 Languages 8 Sports 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksGeography EditPhysical environment Edit Towering over 2 400 m the Calvitero is considered to be Extremadura s highest point The Garganta de Cuartos in northeastern Extremadura Extremadura is contained between 37 57 and 40 29 N latitude and 4 39 and 7 33 W longitude The area of Extremadura is 41 633 km2 16 075 sq mi making it the fifth largest of the Spanish autonomous communities It is located in the Southern Plateau a subdivision of the Spanish Central Plateau The region is crossed from West to East by two large rivers the Tagus and the Guadiana lining up three basic areas from North to South by combining mountain ranges and rivers the territory spanning from the Sistema Central to the Tagus the so called Mesopotamia extremena in between the Tagus and the Guadiana and the territory from the Guadiana to Sierra Morena 3 Besides the catchment basins of the Tagus and the Guadiana covering most of the territory by far fringe areas of the region are drained by the Douro north and the Guadalquivir south Notable Tagus tributaries include the Tietar and the Alagon rightbank and the Almonte Ibor Salor and the Sever leftbank Regarding the Guadiana important leftbank tributaries include Guadarranque and Ruecas and rightbank tributaries include the Zujar River and the Matachel The highest point in Extremadura the 2 401 m 7 877 ft high Calvitero or El Torreon 4 is located in the Sistema Central in the northeastern end of the region bordering with Castile and Leon The main subranges of the Sistema Central in Extremadura are the Sierra de Gata and Sierra de Bejar The modest heights of Sierra de las Villuercas topping at 1 603 m 5 259 ft on the Pico de las Villuercas rise in the Mesopotamia extremena Other notable ranges include the Sierra de Montanchez and the Sierra de San Pedro part of the larger Montes de Toledo system 5 The Sierra Morena the limit between Extremadura and Andalusia and the Sierra de Tentudia topping at 1 104 m 3 622 ft on the Pico Tentudia rise in the south There are four different hydrographic basins The basin of the Tagus Spanish Tajo with two principal tributaries on the right the Tietar and the Alagon and on the left the Almonte Ibor Salor and the Sever The tributaries on the right edge carry a large quantity of water which feed the gorges of the Sistema Central where the rainfall is abundant and the winter brings a great quantity of snow The basin of the Guadiana which has principal tributaries The basin of the Guadalquivir with only 1 411 km2 545 sq mi in Extremadura 2 45 of total The basin of the Douro Spanish Duero with only 35 km2 14 sq mi in Extremadura 0 04 of its basin Climate Edit The climate of Extremadura is hot summer Mediterranean Csa in the Koppen climate classification Extremadura generally presents average annual temperatures somewhat warmer than most of the Iberian Peninsula featuring nonetheless a north south gradient 6 Annual thermal amplitude generally ranges from 16 to 19ºC 6 Average annual precipitation stands at around 600 mm 7 Parts of the Sistema Central presents more than 1 500 mm while it barely rains 400 mm in parts of the province of Badajoz 7 Summers are very hot and dry with the rain concentrated in the cold months instead leading to a high degree of water stress during the summer months 8 History Edit Archaeological Roman Ensemble in Merida Emerita Augusta capital of the Roman province of Hispania Lusitana Lusitania an ancient Roman province approximately including current day Portugal except for the northern area today known as Norte Region and a central western portion of the current day Spain covered in those times today s Autonomous Community of Extremadura Merida now capital of Extremadura became the capital of the Roman province of Lusitania and one of the most important cities in the Roman Empire Just like the bulk of the Iberian Peninsula the territory was conquered by the Umayyads in the early 8th century As part of the Emirate and later Caliphate of Cordoba it largely constituted a territorial subdivision kura of the former polities centered around Merida Following the collapse of the Caliphate in the early 11th century during the so called Fitna of al Andalus and its ensuing fragmentation into ephemeral statelets taifas the bulk of the territory of current day Extremadura became part of the First Taifa of Badajoz Baṭalyaws centered around the namesake city and founded by Sapur a Ṣaqaliba previously freed by Al Hakam II 9 The bull of Plasencia in the Cantigas de Santa Maria Conversely the kingdoms of Leon Castile and Portugal most notably the first one made advances in the 11th and 12th centuries across the territory with for example the successive Leonese conquests of Coria in 1079 10 and 1142 11 the Portuguese attempts at expanding across the Guadiana basin in the second half of the 12th century 12 or the Castilian founding of Plasencia in 1186 13 not free from setbacks either caused by the Almoravid and Almohad impetus which also entailed the demise of the first and second taifa of Badajoz in 1094 and 1150 14 respectively In the Almohad case their 1174 offensive removed Leonese control from every fortress south of the Tagus including Caceres 15 After the Almohad disaster at the 1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa the remaining part of current day Extremadura under Muslim control fell to the troops led by Alfonso IX of Leon Alcantara 1214 16 Caceres 1227 1229 17 Merida 1230 18 Badajoz 1230 19 and later to the military orders of Santiago and Alcantara Trujillo 1232 20 Medellin 1234 21 on behalf of Ferdinand III of Castile The last fortresses in the Lower Extremadura were conquered by Christians by 1248 22 By the late Middle Ages the territory of the current day region consisted of mayorazgos of the military orders of Santiago and Alcantara about half the territory nobiliary lordships about a quarter of the territory and royal demesne towns the other quarter of the territory 23 In between the 15th and 16th centuries the concept of the Leonese and Castilian extremaduras diluted and the name eventually came to refer to the territory of the current day region 24 The territory lacked nonetheless shared government and administration institutions 25 In between 1570 and 1572 in the context of the deportation of Granadans that ensued with the repression of the Alpujarras revolt the Crown forcibly relocated about 11 000 moriscos in the territory of the current day region 26 The distribution was somewhat chaotic although some places with an already threatening population of old moriscos such as Hornachos Magacela and Benquerencia were avoided as resettlement locations for the Granadan moriscos 27 The expulsion of the moriscos from the region began in 1609 starting with the moriscos of Hornachos the first in the Crown of Castile 28 By September 1610 about two thirds of the moriscos of Extremadura had been already expelled and by 1611 the number amounted to 12 776 29 Those who avoided the early orders of expulsion abided to reports of being good Christians or claimed a status as old moriscos 30 At the height of 1612 there were reports of remaining moriscos in Trujillo Merida and Plasencia 31 17th century panorama of the city of Badajoz Located in the most able path from the Meseta Central to Portugal the territory suffered greatly due to warfare from the 1640 1668 Portuguese Restoration War 32 characterised not by the movement of large armies but for pillage skirmishes raids and destruction of economic resources and settlements across both sides of the Raya 33 The growing role of the fortified place of Badajoz halfway Lisbon and Madrid in the wake of the installment of the Captaincy General of Extremadura consolidated the clout of the military in the region 34 By the late 18th century the Extremaduran countryside languished experiencing a deep crisis 35 There was a diminishing share of land dedicated to crops 36 The growing cattle sector induced the creation of yet more pastures 36 adding up to the structural problem stemmed from the extraordinary degree of concentration of land ownership 35 By the end of the Ancien Regime the clergy municipal councils and the royal army mattered more than the lesser role of the entitled nobility 34 Railway developed in the second half of the 19th century In September 1863 a passenger train arrived to Badajoz from Elvas Portugal the first train in the region and the first international service in the Iberian Peninsula 37 38 In 1866 the Badajoz Ciudad Real line es was completed enabling the link with Madrid 39 The Madrid Valencia de Alcantara line a new connection passing through the province of Caceres was fully completed in 1881 40 In the context of the 1936 1939 Spanish Civil War the quick advance of the Rebel faction the so called Columna Madrid across the province of Badajoz in August 1936 left merciless repression and mass casualties behind 41 In the context of the war and the immediate Post War period Badajoz was the Spanish province where the Francoist repression comparatively took the highest relative toll of victims around 12 000 executions in the province out of the 14 000 in the whole region compared to around 1 600 victims of the Republican repression 42 In the mid 20th century the Francoist dictatorship pursued a policy of colonization and agrarian reform in the region to foster the economy transforming thousands of hectares of dryland crops into irrigated lands also favouring the erection of 63 new settlements by the Instituto Nacional de Colonizacion INC 43 The second half of the 20th century saw a massive rural flight out of the region both to the industrialised areas of Spain already started in 1955 as well as to richer European countries such as Germany France and Switzerland both of which notably intensified after 1961 in the wake of the 1959 Stabilization Plan and in the second case also after bilateral agreements reached with destination countries 44 The region henceforth was handed a demographic blow in the ensuing years with the effective expulsion of nearly a 40 of the population particularly young people 45 In the context of the development of the Spanish autonomous communities the pre autonomous government entity in Extremadura the Junta Regional de Extremadura with jurisdiction over the provinces of Badajoz and Caceres was created by means of a 1978 law 46 The draft of the regional Statute of Autonomy began in 1980 47 The text passed its final hurdle as it was enshrined as Organic Law in 1982 46 The first election to the Assembly of Extremadura took place in May 1983 Government and administration EditAutonomous Edit The Statute of Autonomy of Extremadura enacted in 1983 is the fundamental organic law regulating the autonomous government and it establishes the institutions through which the autonomous community exerts its powers 48 The hemicycle of the Assembly of Extremadura Assembly of Extremadura The following are some of the functions conferred to the legislature exerting legislative power in the autonomous community the promotion and control of the Junta of Extremadura the passing of the regional budget the designation of senators correspondent to the autonomous community or the control of the media dependent on the regional government 48 Its members currently 65 are directly elected through the means of proportional representation and close party lists with an electoral threshold of 5 the most benign between the total voting percentage and the voting percentage in a particular electoral district in two electoral districts Badajoz and Caceres corresponding to the two provinces of the region Junta of Extremadura It is the collegiate body comprised by the regional president the vice president and the ministers consejeros exerting the executive and administrative functions of the regional government 48 President of the Junta of Extremadura The officeholder is charged with directing and coordinating the action of the Junta of Extremadura being the highest representative of Extremadura while also holding the ordinary representation of the State in the region The regional president is elected by the legislature from among its members needing to command an absolute majority of votes in the first round of investiture or a simple majority of positive votes in successive rounds The president personally selects the ministers of the Junta 48 Provincial Edit The government body for each of the provinces is the deputation diputacion the Provincial Deputation of Badajoz and the Provincial Deputation of Caceres The members of the plenary of the deputation are indirectly elected from among the municipal councillors based on the results of the municipal elections In turn the plenary elects the president of the deputation from among its members Economy Edit Extremadura products treemap 2020 The Gross domestic product GDP of the autonomous community was 20 0 billion euros in 2018 accounting for 1 7 of Spanish economic output GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 20 100 euros or 67 of the EU27 average in the same year Extremadura was the community with the second lowest GDP per capita in Spain before Melilla 49 Export goods mostly consisting of food and semimanufactures are primarily sent to the European market but there has been a growing share of non EU export destinations throughout the 2010s 50 Balance of trade is generally positive 50 The unemployment rate stood at 26 2 in 2017 and was one of the highest in the European Union 51 Agriculture Edit Iberian pigs in Extremadura Tobacco field in La Vera Wild Black Iberian pigs roam in the area and consume acorns from oak groves These pigs are caught and used for the cured ham dish jamon iberico The higher the percentage of acorns eaten by the pigs the more valuable the ham For example jamon iberico from pigs whose diet consists of 90 acorns or more can be sold for more than twice as much as ham whose pigs ate on average less than 70 acorns citation needed In the US jamon iberico directly from Extremadura with bone was illegal until around 2005 At that time enough US restaurants were in demand for the delicacy that Spain decided to export it as boneless which the US Department of Agriculture s health codes would approve and continue to do citation needed 85 Extremaduran municipalities constitute the jurisdiction of the Dehesa de Extremadura Protected Designation of Origin PDO which protects jamones and paletas hind and front pig legs originated from Iberian pigs and mixed Iberian Duroc Jersey pigs 52 As of 2021 Extremadura produces about 98 of the tobacco produced in Spain also being the leading European producing region 53 Tobacco production concentrates in La Vera and Campo Aranuelo 53 Tomato production 2 122 000 tonnes in 2017 primarily concentrates in the riverbanks of the Guadiana and the Alagon Arrago 54 A large part of the region falls within the scope of the Ribera del Guadiana PDO which is further divided in the Ribera Alta Tierra de Barros Matanegra Ribera Baja Montanchez and Canamero wine subregions 55 The PDO protects the wines made of several varieties of black and white grapes 56 As of 2021 Extremadura is the second largest rice producing region in Spain after Andalusia 57 However due to drought and high water demands from rice fields non irrigated rice fields have been favoured since the late 2010s 58 57 Together with Murcia Extremadura is a major producer of paprika primarily destined to the Spanish market 59 Peppers are grown in the Pimenton de la Vera PDO es consisting of the comarcas of La Vera Campo Aranuelo Valle del Ambroz and Valle del Alagon 59 The PDO produced 3 860 tonnes in 2020 59 Energy Edit About half the value of the regional industrial production belongs to the energy sector 60 Extremadura presents a huge energy surplus producing about four times the energy it consumes 60 This situation has led to the characterization of Extremadura as a potential colony of the private electricity companies which are not taxed in the region and employ a relatively low share of the industrial workforce 60 The Tagus is dammed in the reservoirs of Alcantara Torrejon and Valdecanas whereas the Guadiana is dammed in the reservoirs of Cijara Puerto Pena Orellana and Zujar 61 Due to the orographic conditions the Tagus is better suited for hydroelectric use than the Guadiana 61 As of 2021 the region has around 2 193 84 MW of installed hydroelectric power primarily controlled by Endesa and Iberdrola with a lesser role of Grupo Pitarch 60 The two reactors of the Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant which were put in operation in 1981 and 1983 respectively are jointly operated by Endesa Iberdrola and Naturgy 60 They generate a power of 1 048 43 MW and 1 044 45 MW 62 The region is at the forefront of Spain s plans for energy transition and a decarbonisation thanks to the installation of large solar power plants and the granting of lithium mining licenses 63 However such prospects have sparked criticism and concern regarding how to avoid a third energy colonisation after those of the construction of reservoirs for hydroelectric use and the building of nuclear power plants 63 Two of the largest photovoltaic power plants in Europe are located in the region Francisco Pizarro 590 MW in Torrecillas de la Tiesa and Nunez de Balboa 500 MW in Usagre both are operated by Iberdrola which is developing another 6 photovoltaic plants collectively amounting to 1 300 MW 62 The first solar thermal power plant in the region Alvarado I 50 MW opened in 2009 64 A project to build a lithium ion battery factory participated by Envision in Navalmoral de la Mata was announced in June 2022 65 Population EditAs of January 1 2012 the population of Extremadura is 1 109 367 inhabitants representing 2 36 of the Spanish population 46 745 807 The population density is very low 25 km2 65 sq mi compared to Spain as a whole The urban network is dominated by three municipalities between 50 000 and 200 000 inhabitants Badajoz Caceres and Merida followed by Plasencia the Don Benito Villanueva de la Serena conurbation and Almendralejo 50 Other municipalities with a population above 10 000 inhabitants include Zafra Montijo Villafranca de los Barros Navalmoral de la Mata and Coria 50 The most populous province is that of Badajoz with a population of 691 715 and a population density of 31 78 km2 82 3 sq mi With an area of 21 766 km2 8 404 sq mi it is the largest province in Spain 413 766 people live in the province of Caceres at a density of 20 83 km2 53 9 sq mi having an area of 19 868 km2 7 671 sq mi making it the largest province in Spain after Badajoz Largest municipalities in Extremadura INE 1 January 2020 66 Rank Province Pop Rank Province Pop Badajoz Caceres 1 Badajoz Badajoz 150 984 11 Villafranca de los Barros Badajoz 12 673 Merida Plasencia2 Caceres Caceres 96 255 12 Coria Caceres 12 3663 Merida Badajoz 59 548 13 Olivenza Badajoz 11 9124 Plasencia Caceres 39 860 14 Miajadas Caceres 9 5275 Don Benito Badajoz 37 284 15 Jerez de los Caballeros Badajoz 9 1966 Almendralejo Badajoz 33 855 16 Trujillo Caceres 8 9127 Villanueva de la Serena Badajoz 25 752 17 Los Santos de Maimona Badajoz 8 0758 Navalmoral de la Mata Caceres 17 163 18 Azuaga Badajoz 7 7479 Zafra Badajoz 16 810 19 Talayuela Caceres 7 39510 Montijo Badajoz 15 504 20 Guarena Badajoz 6 888 Foreign population Edit Foreign population by country of citizenship 2020 67 Nationality Population Romania 8 173 Morocco 7 400 Portugal 3 188 China 1 655 Colombia 1 555 Brazil 1 529 Honduras 972 Nicaragua 951 Venezuela 752 Italy 509 United Kingdom 450 Peru 432 Argentina 412 France 408 Dominican Republic 399As of 2020 the largest foreign community is that of Romanian nationals with 8 173 people followed by Moroccans with 7 400 Brazilians account for 3 188 Chinese for 1 655 and Colombians make up 1 409 There are also 3 188 Portuguese people living within the region The region had a foreign population of 34 667 67 Historical development Edit Historical populationYearPop 1877739 403 1887821 301 11 1 1900882 410 7 4 1910991 355 12 3 19201 064 318 7 4 19301 153 145 8 3 19401 258 055 9 1 19501 366 780 8 6 19601 406 329 2 9 19701 169 396 16 8 19811 064 976 8 9 19911 061 852 0 3 20011 058 503 0 3 20111 104 499 4 3 20211 061 636 3 9 Source INEThe Extremaduran population according to the 1591 census of the provinces of the Kingdom of Castile was around 540 000 people making up 8 of the total population of Spain No other census was performed until 1717 when 326 358 people were counted as living in Extremadura From this period the population grew steadily until the 1960s 1 379 072 people in 1960 68 After 1960 emigration to more prosperous regions of Spain and Europe drained the population Administrative divisions EditExtremadura is divided into 383 municipalities 164 are part of the Province of Badajoz and the other 219 are part of the Province of Caceres List of municipalities in Badajoz List of municipalities in CaceresThere are also traditional comarcas in Extremadura like Las Villuercas and Las Hurdes but these do not have much official recognition Languages EditThe only official language is Spanish whose local dialects are collectively called Castuo but other languages and dialects are also spoken The Fala a Galician Portuguese language is a specially protected language and is spoken in the valley of Jalama The Extremaduran language the collective name for a group of vernacular dialects related to Leonese 69 is endangered Local variants of Portuguese are native to Cedillo and Herrera de Alcantara 70 Portuguese has also been accounted to be spoken as well by some people mainly those born before the 1940s 71 in Olivenza Reported phonological distinctive features of the Spanish dialectal variants spoken in the region include instances of seseo in some areas of the province of Badajoz loss of intervocalic d j and word initial h aspiration r l substitution and yeismo 72 Sports EditIn football Extremadura UD Extremadura Femenino CF also known as CF Puebla Extremadura the women s team CF Extremadura founded in 1924 but folded in 2010 AD Merida CD BadajozSee also EditExtremaduran cuisine Extremadura Vino de la Tierra List of presidents of the Extremaduran Assembly New ExtremaduraReferences EditCitations Sub national HDI Area Database Global Data Lab hdi globaldatalab org Retrieved 2018 09 13 a b Ley 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