Guareña

Guareña municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Extremadura
Province :	Badajoz
Comarca :	Comarca de Badajoz
Coordinates	38 ° 52 ′ N , 6 ° 6 ′ W Coordinates: 38 ° 52 ′ N , 6 ° 6 ′ W
Height :	285 msnm
Area :	238.34 km²
Residents :	6,964 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	29.22 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	06470
Municipality number ( INE ):	06060
administration
Mayor :	Abel González Ramiro (PSOE)
Website :	aytoguarena.es
Location of the municipality

Guareña is a Spanish municipality ( municipio ) that belongs to the province of Badajoz in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura . The city with 6964 inhabitants (as of 2019) is located in the central northern part of the Badajoz province.

The Guareña parish is part of the Vegas Altas region and the Don Benito judicial district . From a church perspective, the parish belongs to the diocese of Plasencia . Guareña is located in the fertile plains of the Guadiana River, near the Vía de la Plata , one of the main routes of economic, commercial and cultural expansion in this area of the province.

history

economy

The main economic activity is the agricultural sector. This sector has seen significant changes in land use, adding to the areas irrigated between 1960 and 1986 that are currently being parceled out due to the new irrigation canal that traverses the region. Livestock is also gaining importance within the agricultural sector, although not to the same extent as agriculture. The industrial sector is not very developed, although it has been growing gradually in recent years.

Demographics

The first reliable data on the population of the Guareña municipality come from the end of the 16th century. In these sources of information, the population of Guareña in 1591 is mentioned as 2145 inhabitants. From this point on, the local demographics increased slowly but steadily and in 1787 there were 2524 inhabitants and in 1829 3946 inhabitants. In 1960 the highest population of 9,695 was recorded.

Individual evidence

↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).

Web links

Commons : Guareña (Badajoz) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Local government website

[1] Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).