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Don Álvaro

Coordinates: 38°51′N 6°16′W / 38.850°N 6.267°W / 38.850; -6.267
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Don Álvaro
Coat of arms of Don Álvaro
Don Álvaro is located in Extremadura
Don Álvaro
Don Álvaro
Location of Don Álvaro within Extremadura
Coordinates: 38°50′50″N 6°16′33″W / 38.84722°N 6.27583°W / 38.84722; -6.27583
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityExtremadura
ProvinceBadajoz
MunicipalityDon Álvaro
Area
 • Total32 km2 (12 sq mi)
Elevation
255 m (837 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total768
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Don Álvaro is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2012 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 758 inhabitants.

Don Álvaro (Tarfe) is the name of the principal characters in another version of the second book of Don Quixote published by Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda in Tarragona in 1614.[2][3]

In 2012 an English translation of Don Alvaro was adapted by Paul Pinto & Judith Pinto[4] and published by United Writers Publications Ltd.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, translated by Walter Starkie (1964), p. 525, note 1 ISBN 0-451-52786-0
  3. ^ Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, translated by Walter Starkie (1964), p. 1034, note 1 ISBN 0-451-52786-0.
  4. ^ Pinto, Paul A. M.; Pinto, Judith A. (October 2012). Don Alvaro and the Force of Destiny: The Play of Duque de Rivas and the Opera of Verdi. ISBN 978-1852001568.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


38°51′N 6°16′W / 38.850°N 6.267°W / 38.850; -6.267