Casas de Don Pedro

Casas de Don Pedro
Municipality

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Casas de Don Pedro
Location of Casas de Don Pedro within Extremadura
Coordinates: 39°6′20″N 5°19′51″W / 39.10556°N 5.33083°W / 39.10556; -5.33083
Country Spain
Autonomous community Extremadura
Province Badajoz
Comarca La Siberia
Area
 • Total 142 km2 (55 sq mi)
Elevation 386 m (1,266 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Total 1,559
 • Density 11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Casas de Don Pedro, meaning 'Lord Peter´s houses', is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2014 census,[1] the municipality has a population of 1559 inhabitants.

History

At the time of the Spanish Civil War the Francoist concentration camp of Casa Zaldívar, where Spanish Republican military personnel were interned and where many were shot,[2] was located in a cortijo of this municipality.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
  2. ↑ Campo de Concentración de Casa Zaldívar: fusilamientos del 15 de mayo de 1939
  3. ↑ Fernando Barrero Arzac, Historia y tragedia de la 109ª BM en el campo de Zaldívar (Badajoz)


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