Alcántara
Alcántara is a municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, on the Tagus, near Portugal. The toponym is from the Arabic word al-Qanṭarah meaning "the bridge".
- Village with 1,270 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 269 metres (883 feet)
- …is also known as “10008”
- Description: municipality in the province of Cáceres, Spain
- Neighbors: Idanha-a-Nova
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alcántara Bridge and Roman temple of Alcántara.
Alcántara Bridge
The Alcántara Bridge is a Roman bridge at Alcántara, in Extremadura, Spain.Roman temple of Alcántara
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mata de Alcántara.
Mata de Alcántara
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Latitude
39.7207° or 39° 43′ 14″ north
Longitude
-6.887° or 6° 53′ 13″ west
Open location code
8CFMP4C7+76
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Alcántara” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Alcántara”
- Arabic: “القنطرة”
- Arabic: “الكنتارا”
- Arabic: “كنتارا”
- Aragonese: “Alcántara”
- Armenian: “Ալկանտարա”
- Asturian: “Alcántara”
- Basque: “Alcantara”
- Basque: “Alcántara”
- Breton: “Alcántara”
- Catalan: “Alcántara”
- Catalan: “Alcàntara”
- Cebuano: “Alcántara (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Alcántara”
- Chechen: “Алькантара”
- Chinese: “Alcántara”
- Chinese: “阿尔坎塔拉”
- Chinese: “阿爾坎塔拉”
- Czech: “Alcántara”
- Dagbani: “Alcántara”
- Dutch: “Alcántara”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الكنتارا”
- Esperanto: “Alcántara”
- Extremaduran: “Alcántara (puebración)”
- Extremaduran: “Alcántara”
- French: “Alcántara”
- French: “Norba Caesarea”
- Galician: “Alcántara”
- Georgian: “ალკანტარა (კასერესი)”
- Georgian: “ალკანტარა”
- German: “Alcántara”
- German: “Comarca de Alcántara”
- Greek: “Αλκαντάρα”
- Greek: “Αλκάνταρα”
- Hungarian: “Alcántara”
- Interlingua: “Alcántara”
- Irish: “Alcántara”
- Italian: “Alcántara”
- Japanese: “アルカンタラ”
- Korean: “알칸타라”
- Ladin: “Alcántara”
- Latin: “Alcantara”
- Lithuanian: “Alkantara”
- Lombard: “Alcántara”
- Luxembourgish: “Alcántara”
- Malay: “Alcántara”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alcántara”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alcántara”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Alcántara”
- Persian: “الکانتارا”
- Polish: “Alcántara”
- Portuguese: “Alcántara”
- Portuguese: “Alcântara”
- Romanian: “Alcantara”
- Romanian: “Alcántara”
- Russian: “Алькантара”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alcantara”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alcántara”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alkantara”
- Slovenian: “Alcántara”
- South Azerbaijani: “الکانتارا”
- Spanish: “Alcantara”
- Spanish: “Alcántara”
- Spanish: “Alcantareña”
- Spanish: “Alcantareño”
- Swedish: “Alcántara”
- Tatar: “Алькантара”
- Turkish: “Alcántara”
- Ukrainian: “Алькантара”
- Urdu: “الکانتارا”
- Uzbek: “Alcántara”
- Venetian: “Alcántara”
- Vietnamese: “Alcántara”
- Waray (Philippines): “Alcántara”
- Welsh: “Alcántara”
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