Valdecaballeros

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Valdecaballeros
Garcia de Sola Dam at Valdecaballeros
Country Spain
Autonomous community Extremadura
Province Badajoz
Municipality Valdecaballeros
Area
  Total 90 km2 (30 sq mi)
Elevation 481 m (1,578 ft)
Population (2006)
  Total 1,264
  Density 14.0/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Valdecaballeros is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1264 inhabitants.

The Guadalupe River has its mouth in the Guadiana at the Garcia de Sola Dam, barely 1.5 km east of Valdecaballeros. There is an abandoned nuclear power plant, the Valdecaballeros Nuclear Power Plant close to the town.[1]

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Coordinates: 39°14′N 05°11′W / 39.233°N 5.183°W / 39.233; -5.183

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