Don Álvaro

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Don Álvaro, Spain
Country Spain
Autonomous community Extremadura
Province Badajoz
Municipality Don Álvaro
Area
 - Total 32 km² (12.4 sq mi)
Elevation 255 m (837 ft)
Population (2005)
 - Total 633
 - Density 19.8/km² (51.3/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Don Álvaro is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 633 inhabitants.

Don Álvaro (Tarfe) is the name of the principle characters in another version of the second book of Don Quixote published by Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda in Tarragona in 1614.[1] [2]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes Saavedra, Translated by Walter Starkie (1964), page 525, note 1 ISBN 0-451-52786-0
  2. ^ Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes Saavedra, Translated by Walter Starkie (1964), page 1034, note 1 ISBN 0-451-52786-0.

Coordinates: 38°51′N 6°16′W / 38.85, -6.267