Barcarrota

Place in Extremadura, Spain

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38°30′53″N 6°50′55″W / 38.51472°N 6.84861°W / 38.51472; -6.84861CountrySpainAutonomous communityExtremaduraProvinceBadajozComarcaLlanos de OlivenzaGovernment

• AlcaldeSantiago Manuel Cuadrado RodríguezArea

• Total136.1 km² (52.5 sq mi)Elevation

467 m (1,532 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total3,580Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)WebsiteAyuntamiento de Barcarrota

Barcarrota is a Spanish municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura. It has a population of 3,664 (2007) and an area of 136.1 km².

Barcarrota was the location of the Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota (1336), in which Castilian troops decisively defeated a Portuguese army.

It was claimed by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, likely incorrectly, to be the birthplace of Hernando de Soto.^[2]

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ Muñoz de San Pedro, Miguel; Lamb, Ursula (1965). "Note about the Birthplace of Hernando de Soto". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 44 (1/2): 45–50. ISSN 0015-4113. Retrieved 16 September 2023.