Don Álvaro

Don Álvaro is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2012 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 758 inhabitants.

Don Álvaro
Official seal of Don Álvaro
Seal
Don Álvaro is located in Extremadura
Don Álvaro
Don Álvaro
Location of Don Álvaro within Extremadura
Coordinates: 38°50′50″N 6°16′33″W
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityExtremadura
ProvinceBadajoz
MunicipalityDon Álvaro
Area
 • Total32 km2 (12 sq mi)
Elevation
255 m (837 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total768
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Don Álvaro (Tarfe) is the name of the principal characters in another version of the second book of Don Quixote published by Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda in Tarragona in 1614.[2][3]

In 2012 an English translation of Don Alvaro was adapted by Paul Pinto & Judith Pinto[4] and published by United Writers Publications Ltd.[5]

References
  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, translated by Walter Starkie (1964), p. 525, note 1 ISBN 0-451-52786-0
  3. Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, translated by Walter Starkie (1964), p. 1034, note 1 ISBN 0-451-52786-0.
  4. Pinto, Paul A. M.; Pinto, Judith A. (October 2012). Don Alvaro and the Force of Destiny: The Play of Duque de Rivas and the Opera of Verdi. ISBN 978-1852001568.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

38°51′N 6°16′W


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