Zafra (Badajoz, Spain)
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Sources of Information
- Cortés Cortés, F. La población de Zafra en los siglos XVI y XVII, 1984:
- BGN gaz. no. 51
- LC data base 6-26-87
Wikipedia description:
Zafra (Spanish: [ˈθa.fɾa] ; Extremaduran: Çafra) is a town in the Province of Badajoz (Extremadura, Spain), and the capital of the comarca of Zafra - Río Bodión. It has a population of 16,677, according to the 2011 census. Zafra is the hometown of Fray Ruy Lopez, author of one of the first European treatises on chess, and the humanist Pedro de Valencia.
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