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What to see and do in Guadiana

What to see and do in Guadiana (Tierra de Badajoz, Badajoz): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Guadiana

Guadiana
Village
Municipality of 2,444 inhabitants (INE 2025) at 185 m altitude, formed from the former colonization villages of Balboa, Novelda del Guadiana and Valdebótoa. It began as a settlement of the Instituto Nacional de Colonización in 1950 on land brought under irrigation thanks to the Montijo reservoir; it was a minor local entity from 1971 and became an independent municipality on February 17, 2012. It was called 'Guadiana del Caudillo' until 2020, when, under the Ley de Memoria Histórica (Historical Memory Law), it adopted its current name, 'Guadiana'.
Fundación del pueblo de colonización de Guadiana
Historical milestone
The settlement was built in the late 1940s as a colonisation village of the National Institute of Colonisation; 276 settlers arrived in 1950 and the village was officially opened in 1951.
De Guadiana del Caudillo a Guadiana
Historical milestone
The municipality was originally called Guadiana del Caudillo, in reference to Francisco Franco, until it adopted its current name in 2020 under the Historical Memory Law. It became independent from Badajoz as its own municipality on 17 February 2012.