Zafra

Zafra (; ) is a town in the Province of Badajoz (Extremadura, Spain), and the capital of the comarca of Zafra - Río Bodión. It has a population of 16,677, according to the 2011 census.

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Settlement.official_name: Zafra
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Zafra.png
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo-de-zafra.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 150
Settlement.seal_size: 75
Settlement.image_skyline: Palacio de los Feria, Zafra.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The Castle of Zafra
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Spain.
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Extremadura
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Badajoz
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Zafra - Río Bodión
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Zafra
Population: 16735
Area: 62.6
Elevation: 508
Official website: zafra.es
Image: P7010762 (716976056).jpg
Licence plate code: BA

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postal code: 06300
Commons category: Zafra
Commons gallery: Zafra
female population: 8703
male population: 8094

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Zafra (; ) is a town in the Province of Badajoz (Extremadura, Spain), and the capital of the comarca of Zafra - Río Bodión. It has a population of 16,677, according to the 2011 census.

Zafra is the hometown of Fray Ruy Lopez, author of one of the first European treatises on chess, and the humanist Pedro de Valencia.