Las Hurdes

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Las Hurdes is a remote, mountainous comarca in western Spain known for its rugged landscapes, isolated villages, and historical reputation for poverty and hardship.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Las Hurdes canonical 2
Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comarca
historical region
autonomousCommunity Extremadura
borders Las Batuecas
Sierra de Francia
Sierra de Gata
Valle del Jerte
climate Mediterranean climate
country Spain
hasCharacteristic isolated villages
mountainous
remote
rugged landscapes
hasCulturalHeritage stone and slate architecture
traditional mountain villages
hasEconomicActivity beekeeping
livestock farming
rural tourism
hasMunicipality Caminomorisco
Casar de Palomero
Casares de las Hurdes
Ladrillar
Nuñomoral
Pinofranqueado
hasProduct chestnuts
honey
olive oil
hasReputation symbol of rural backwardness in early 20th-century Spain
hasRiver Río Esperabán
Río Hurdano
Río Ladrillar
Río Los Ángeles
historicallyCharacterizedBy high emigration
poor infrastructure
subsistence agriculture
historicalReputationFor hardship
poverty
knownFor dramatic scenery
marginalization in Spanish history
rural isolation
languageRegion Spanish
locatedIn Extremadura
Province of Cáceres
surface form: province of Cáceres

western Spain
partOf Sistema Central
terrain deep valleys
narrow gorges
steep slopes
traditionalDialect Hurdan

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Extremadura hasComarca Las Hurdes
Luis Buñuel notableWork Las Hurdes
this entity surface form: Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan
Extremaduran language region Las Hurdes