Mérida is a city and municipality of Spain, part of the Province of Badajoz, and capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura. Located in the western-central part of the Iberian Peninsula at 217 metres above sea level, the city is crossed by the Guadiana and Albarregas rivers. The population was 60,119 in 2017.
Image: Ancient Roman theatre in Mérida 2023
Image: Interior of the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano
Image: Acueducto "Los Milagros" Mérida (Badajoz, España)
Image: Roman Bridge of Mérida 2023
Autonomous communities of Spain
In Spain, an autonomous community is the first sub-national level of political and administrative division, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy of the nationalities and regions that make up Spain.
First page of the Spanish Constitution.
The Basque Parliament or the Eusko Legebiltzarra, in session.
The Parliament of Catalonia or the Parlament de Catalunya, in 2017.
The Conference of Presidents in 2017, is the meeting between the Government of Spain or Gobierno de la Nación and the presidents of the Autonomous communities of Spain.