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Higuera

Field	Value
name	Higuera
other_name	Higuera de Albalat
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Panoramica de Higuera.jpg
image_flag	Bandera de Higuera (Cáceres).svg
image_shield	Escudo de Higuera (Cáceres).svg
pushpin_map	Spain Extremadura
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Extremadura
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Spain
subdivision_type1	Community
subdivision_name1	Extremadura
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	[[File:Flag of the province of Cáceres.svg	20px	border]] Cáceres
subdivision_type3	Comarca
subdivision_name3	Campo Arañuelo
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Victorino González Fernández
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	40.54
elevation_m	480
population_as_of
population_footnotes
population_total
population_density_km2	auto
population_demonym	Higuereño/a
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	10359
website

Higuera, also known as Higuera de Albalat, is a Spanish municipality of the Province of Cáceres, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. The municipality covers an area of 40.54 km² and as of 2011 had a population of 115 people.

History

Its name comes from the old Arab medina of Makhada Albalat (or Madinat Albalat, meaning "way" or "road"), an archaeological site located next to the town. Among its historical attractions, Higuera has the ruins of an Islamic watchtower and its citadel, dating back to the 10th/11th centuries, located on Castil Oreja mountain.

Geography

The municipality, part of the judicial district of Navalmoral de la Mata, is located in the Monfragüe National Park and crossed by the river Tagus in its northern corner. It borders with the municipalities of Almaraz, Campillo de Deleitosa, Casas de Miravete, Deleitosa, Romangordo and Valdecañas de Tajo.

The town is 55 km far from Trujillo, 79 from Plasencia, 82 from Guadalupe, 100 from Cáceres, 141 from Mérida and 216 from Madrid.

Demographics

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References

{{in lang. es [http://www.higueradealbalat.es/Archivos/Noticias%20HIGUERA%20varias%2025-6-16.pdf An interview with the mayor of Higuera] (municipal website)
"Cáceres: Población por municipios y sexo:Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero de 2011". [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain).
{{in lang
{{OSM. r. 346288. Higuera

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