 EXTREMADURA - Spain, España
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Extremadura is an autonomous community of Spain. It includes the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz.
Extremadura borders Portugal to the west. It is an important area for wildlife, particularly with the major reserve at Monfragüe.
Badajoz and Cáceres are, respectively, the largest and second-largest provinces of Spain.
 Extremadura was the source of many of the most famous Spanish conquerors ("conquistadores") and settlers in America. Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, Pedro de Alvarado, Pedro de Valdivia, etc. were all born in Extremadura and many towns and cities in America carry a name from their homeland: Mérida is the administrative capital of Extremadura, and also an important city in Mexico and Venezuela, Medellín is now a little town in Extremadura, but also the second largest city in Colombia, Albuquerque is the largest city in New Mexico, its name due to a transcription mistake of Alburquerque, another town in Extremadura.
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