| Alburquerque | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Spanish |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | Alburquerque |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Extremadura#Spain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Alburquerque within Extremadura |
| Coordinates: | 39.2192°N -7.0011°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous Community |
| Subdivision Name1: | Extremadura |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Badajoz |
| Leader Party: | PSOE |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Ángel Vadillo Espino |
| Area Total Km2: | 723 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | (AMSL) |
| Elevation M: | 506 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST (GMT +2) |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 06510 |
| Area Code: | +34 (Spain) + 924 (Badajoz) |
Alburquerque (pronounced as /es/) is a town in the province of Badajoz in Spain. It has 5,340 inhabitants, as of 2018. The town is close to the border with Portugal and was an ancient dominion of the kings of that country.
The titles of Lord of Alburquerque (de Meneses) and later Count of Alburquerque (de Castilla) and Duke of Alburquerque (de La Cueva) were important in Castile in the Middle Ages (e.g. Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque).[1]
Its sister city of Albuquerque in the United States takes its name from this town.[2]
By 1530, the town had a population of 6,042, increasing up to 6,893 by the end of the century (1591) and to 7,600 in 1631.
As of 2018, the town's population is 5,340.[3]