Estremadura

Estremadura, a district of Spain, lying between Portugal and New Castile, and watered by the Tagus and the Guadiana. It is bounded on the N. by Leon, on the S. by Andalusia, and since 1833 has been divided into the two provinces of Badajoz (q.v.) and Cáceres (q.v.). Area, 16,701 sq. m.; population, 821,301. Like the New Castilians, the inhabitants present a mixture of Mozarabic and Spanish blood, but are still graver and more taciturn than the former. The lower classes are rough and uncivilised, but honest and hospitable, modest, good-tempered, and brave.