Benquerencia de la Serena
Municipality
Benquerencia castle
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 38°41′58″N 5°29′40″W / 38.69944°N 5.49444°W / 38.69944; -5.49444
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Extremadura
Province	Badajoz
Comarca	La Serena
Area
• Total	102.8 km2 (39.7 sq mi)
Elevation  (AMSL)	672 m (2,205 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	841
• Density	8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Postal code	06429
Area code	+34 (Spain) + 924 (Badajoz)

Benquerencia de la Serena (Spanish pronunciation: [beŋ.keˈɾen.θja ðe la seˈɾe.na]) is a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2014 census,^[2] the municipality has a population of 904 inhabitants. It is located in La Serena comarca, in the area of the Sierra Morena, the local ranges being Sierra de Benquerencia, Sierra de los Tiros and Sierra de Almorchón.

• Benquerencia de la Serena
• Helechal, site of the cortijo del Enjembraero where four political prisoners: Sinesio Calderón, Antonio Cortés, Antonio Iglesias and Manuel Merinot were executed extrajudicially on 1 February 1949 accused of assisting the Spanish Maquis by the Francoist authorities.^[3][4]
• La Nava
• Puerto Hurraco
• Puerto Mejoral

• Puerto Hurraco massacre

• Media related to Benquerencia de la Serena at Wikimedia Commons

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