Guadiana del Caudillo
Badajoz · Extremadura
Guadiana (until 2020 Guadiana del Caudillo), is a Spanish town and municipality of the Province of Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. The municipality covers an area of 30.05 square kilometres (11.60 sq mi) and as of 2015 had a population of 2,527 people.
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Origins
El topónimo anterior, «Guadiana del Caudillo», hacía referencia al dictador Francisco Franco, jefe de Estado en el momento de ponerse en marcha el plan de Colonización en las nuevas tierras de regadío por el que se fundó la localidad y al río Guadiana. Tras la victoria del PSOE en las elecciones de 2019, el nuevo equipo municipal procedió a la aplicación de la Ley de la Memoria Histórica, con lo cual se eliminó la mención a Franco, quedando el nombre del municipio solamente como «Guadiana» en 2020.
History
The town is a planned community founded in 1949 and officially inaugurated in 1951, and officially became a municipality on 17 February 2012. Named after the nearby river Guadiana and after Francisco Franco, also known as Caudillo, it was one of the villages founded by the Instituto Nacional de Colonización during the Francoist Spain.
Hamlet of Badajoz municipality since its foundation, in 1971 it was constituted as local minor entity (Entidad local menor) and, after the approval of Badajoz City Council (February 2009), it became an independent municipality from 17 February 2012. One month later, on March 11, it was held a referendum to remove the Francoist reference (Caudillo) from the toponym. The left parties of PSOE and Izquerda Unida, following the Historical Memory Law, called for abstention considering the name illegal. With the abstention of 67.7%, 495 votes (60.6%) in favor of the name with del Caudillo and 310 (37.9%) in favor of Guadiana option, the toponym has remained unchanged. The city was finally renamed Guadiana in 2020.
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Iglesia parroquial católica bajo la advocación de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, en la archidiócesis de Mérida-Badajoz.
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How to get there
- 🚗 31 km from Badajoz (about 22 min by car)
- 🚗 227 km from Sevilla (about 160 min by car)
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- ✈️ 15 km from Badajoz airport (about 11 min by car)
- ✈️ 228 km from Sevilla airport (about 161 min by car)
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- Banco Caja Extremadura · 0.3 km away
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- Ibercaja · 0.4 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- Talantena · 0.5 km away
- San Valeriano Extremeño SCL · 0.8 km away
- Iberdoex · 4.9 km away
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