Casas de Don Pedro

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Casas de Don Pedro
Location of Casas de Don Pedro within Extremadura
Coordinates: 39°6′20″N5°19′51″W / 39.10556°N 5.33083°W / 39.10556; -5.33083
Country Spain
Autonomous community Extremadura
Province Badajoz
Comarca La Siberia
Area
  Total142 km2 (55 sq mi)
Elevation
386 m (1,266 ft)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total1,483
  Density10/km2 (27/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, [2] the municipality has a population of 1559 inhabitants.

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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, [3] was located in a cortijo of this municipality. [4]

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References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
  3. Campo de Concentración de Casa Zaldívar: fusilamientos del 15 de mayo de 1939 [ permanent dead link ]
  4. Fernando Barrero Arzac, Historia y tragedia de la 109ª BM en el campo de Zaldívar (Badajoz)