Province of Cáceres
The province of Cáceres is located in the central part of western Spain, in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura. The sparsely populated province ( 20 inhabitants per km ²), with 19,868 km ² in area, the second largest in Spain.
Geographical location
The Cáceres province occupies the northern part of Extremadura. It is bordered on the north by the province of Salamanca, in the northeast of the province of Ávila, on the east by the province of Toledo, on the south by the province of Badajoz, and on the west by Portugal.
Cities
Provincial capital is the city of Cáceres. The second largest city is Plasencia.
There live 412 899 people (2006) in Cáceres, of which about one-fifth of the capital.
Biggest Towns (as of 1 January 2005)