Casas de Don Pedro

Municipality in Extremadura, Spain

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39°6′20″N 5°19′51″W / 39.10556°N 5.33083°W / 39.10556; -5.33083CountrySpainAutonomous communityExtremaduraProvinceBadajozComarcaLa SiberiaArea

• Total142 km² (55 sq mi)Elevation

386 m (1,266 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total1,483 • Density10/km² (27/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+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.

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]

References

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