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Municipality in Extremadura, Spain
Alburquerque
(
Spanish pronunciation:
[alβu??ke?ke]
ⓘ
) is a town in the province of
Badajoz
in
Spain
. It has 5,340 inhabitants, as of 2018. The town is close to the border with
Portugal
and was an ancient dominion of the kings of that country.
The titles of
Lord of Alburquerque
(
de Meneses
) and later
Count of Alburquerque
(
de Castilla
) and
Duke of Alburquerque
(
de La Cueva
) were important in
Castile
in the
Middle Ages
(e.g.
Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque
).
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Its sister city of
Albuquerque
in the
United States
takes its name from this town.
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History
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Population
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By 1530, the town had a population of 6,042, increasing up to 6,893 by the end of the century (1591) and to 7,600 in 1631.
As of 2018, the town's population is 5,340.
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39°13′N
7°00′W
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39.217°N 7.000°W
/
39.217; -7.000
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