a town of Spain, in the province of Estremadura. It is distant 40 miles from Madrid, contains 1580 inhabitants, and is situated between Almendralejo and Zafra on the main road from Madrid to Sevilla, by Merida on the skirt of the Sierra de San Jorge. From it spreads out an extensive open plain planted with groves of olives, which yield abundance of oil, without in any way injuring the corn and the vine crops, and abundant pastures for every species of flock and herd.