Badajoz facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Badajoz
City
Top:Placa Alta (Alta Square), Second left:Ayuntaniento de Badajoz (Badajoz City Council), Second right:Porta de Palmas, Third left:Alcazaba de Badajoz, Third right:Torre de Espantaperros (Espantaperros Tower), Bottom:A twilight view of Guadiane River and Badajoz Real Bridge
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Badajoz Location in Spain
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Extremadura
Province	Badajoz
Comarca	Tierra de Badajoz
Founded	875
Founded by	Ibn Marwan
Area
• Total	1,470 km2 (570 sq mi)
Elevation  (AMSL)	185 m (607 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	152,270
• Rank	302
• Density	103.6/km2 (268.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Postal code	70862
Area code(s)	+34 (Spain) + 924 (Badajoz)

Badajoz (Extremaduran: Baajós) is the capital of the Badajoz Province in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. The population in 2011 was 151,565.

A major Napoleonic siege was fought here between Britain and France

Town twinning

Images for kids

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  Statue of Ibn Marwan in Badajoz

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  A Luis de Morales painting Mother and Child

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  Depiction of Badajoz in the mid-1600s

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  Siege of Badajoz. Watercolour en grisaille by Richard Caton Woodville Jr. (1856–1927).

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  A city planning map of Badajoz in 1873 (Spanish edition)

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  Guadiana River Basin showing location of Badajoz

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  Ayuntamiento (Town Hall)

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  Alcazaba de Badajoz

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  La Giralda

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  Puerta Palmas

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  La Galera

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  The Museo Arqueológico Provincial

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  Plaza Alta

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  Plaza de España

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  View of the Guadiana, Puente Real bridge and the Caja Badajoz building

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  Puente de Palmas

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  Façade of the Badajoz Cathedral.

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  Las Adoratrices Convent in Badajoz

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  A Portuguese train type 0350 (number 0354) at Badajoz Railway Station

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  Badajoz Airport, near Talavera la Real

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  Hospital Universitario de Badajoz (HUB)