Guadiana del Caudillo

Guadiana del Caudillo
Guadiana

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Guadiana del Caudillo

Location in Extremadura

Coordinates: 38°55′49″N 6°41′27″W / 38.93028°N 6.69083°WCoordinates: 38°55′49″N 6°41′27″W / 38.93028°N 6.69083°W

Spain

Extremadura

Badajoz

Government

• Mayor

Antonio Pozo Pitel
(PP, since 2015)

Area

• Total

30.05 km² (11.60 sq mi)

Elevation

185 m (607 ft)

Population (2015)

• Total

2,527

• Density

84/km² (220/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Guadianero/a

Postal code

06186

Website

Official website

Guadiana del Caudillo, also shortened as Guadiana, is a Spanish town and municipality of the Province of Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. The municipality covers an area of 30.05 square kilometres (11.60 sq mi) and as of 2015 had a population of 2,527 people.

The town is a planned community founded in 1949 and officially inaugurated in 1951. Named after the nearby river Guadiana and after the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, also known as Caudillo, it was one of the villages founded by the Instituto Nacional de Colonización during the Francoist Spain.

Hamlet of Badajoz municipality since its foundation, in 1971 it was constituted as local minor entity (Entidad local menor) and, after the approval of Badajoz City Council (Feb. 2009), it became an independent municipality from 17 February 2012. One month later, on March 11, it was held a referendum to revome the Francoist reference (Caudillo) from the toponym. The left parties of PSOE and Izquerda Unida, following the Historical Memory Law, called for abstention considering the name illegal. With the abstention of 67.7%, 495 votes (60,6%) in favor of the name with del Caudillo and 310 (37,9%) in favor of Guadiana option, the toponym has remained unchanged.

Located between the cities of Badajoz (32 km west) and Mérida (32 km east), and next to the Spanish borders with Portugal (47 km west of Elvas); Guadiana is, along with La Albuera, an enclave entirely surrounded by the municipal territory of Badajoz.

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