Zalamea de la Serena | |
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Municipality | |
  Zalamea de la Serena Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 38°38′59″N 5°39′25″W / 38.64972°N 5.65694°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous Community |  Extremadura |
| Province | Badajoz |
| Comarca | La Serena |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Antonio Murillo Dávila (PP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 246 km2 (95 sq mi) |
| Elevation (AMSL) | 485 m (1,591 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,606 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2)) |
| Postal code | 06430 |
| Area code | +34 (Spain) + 924 (Badajoz) |
| Website | www.zalamea.com |
38°39′N 5°39′W / 38.650°N 5.650°W Zalamea de la Serena is a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2014 census,[2] the municipality has a population of 3797 inhabitants.
Zalamea is the setting of the play, "El Alcalde de Zalamea," or the "Mayor of Zalamea."
Monuments include: the dystile, and church called ´El Cristo.´ There is a small village called Docenario close to Zalamea.
Monuments There is a Dystile from Roman times. There is a castle and it is about 2,400 years old. There are two churches from Roman times.
Nine km to the north is Cancho Roano, a temple/ritual site of the Tartessian period, now with a Visitor centre
Other buildings and facilities in Zalamea There is a football field. There are some sport centres. There are some street lights.
There is a castle. It is big and the color brown. The castle has got two towers.
Festivals and Celebrations
There are festivals. There is a festival called ´Romeria. There is a festival called ´San Cristobal and it is celebrated in the ´Charca.´ ´Charca´ is a big lake with fishing lines.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)