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Extremadura

Comunidad Autónoma de
Extremadura

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Capital	Mérida
Area  - total  - % of Spain	Ranked 5th 41 634 km² 8,2%
Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density	Ranked 13th 1 073 050 2,6% 25,77/km²
Demonym  - English  - Spanish	-- extremeño/a
Statute of Autonomy	February 26, 1983
ISO 3166-2	EX
Parliamentary representation  Congress seats  Senate seats	10 2
President	Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra (PSOE)
Junta de Extremadura

Extremadura is an autonomous community of Spain. It includes the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz.

Some important cities are Cáceres, Badajoz, and Mérida, the capital of the autonomous community. For other municipalities, see lists by province:

• List of municipalities in Badajoz
• List of municipalities in Cáceres

Extremadura borders Portugal to the west. It is an important area for wildlife, particulary with the major reserve at Montfragüe

Badajoz and Cáceres are, respectively, the largest and second-largest province of Spain.

Map of Extremadura:

EXTREMEÑO DIALECT: "...possesses a marked aspiration for f h, and employs i u for e o as finals; while modifying variously medial unaccented vowels as andaluz also does. The region is sparsely populated for various reasons: it was much thinned by the emigration to America...the language also shows remarkable archaisms. To the north of Cáceres in Plasencia, Coria and Garrovillas, the medieval distinction beween voiced z and voiceless ç remains perceptible...Extremeño is in other respects a dialect of transition between andaluz and the patois of southern León" (p.p. 223-24)

Source: The Spanish Language -- William J. Entwistle

Extremadura should not be confused with Estremadura, a historical province of Portugal.

The Extremadura Regional Government has authored its own Linux distribution, LinEx.

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