Olivenza

Olivenza or Olivença is a town in southwestern Spain, close to the Portugal–Spain border. It is a municipality belonging to the , and to the wider autonomous community of .
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  • Type: Town with 9,750 residents
  • Description: municipality of Spain, disputed territory
  • Also known as: Olivença
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of Olivenza and Church of Santa Maria do Castelo.

Castle
Photo: Alfons024, Public domain.

Church
Photo: Tagido, Public domain.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a temple located in Olivenza, Spain. It was commissioned by King Manuel I in the 16th century, giving its name to the parish and the civil parish.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Jorge de Alor.

Village
Photo: Tagido, Public domain.
is a village located on the disputed section of the Portugal–Spain border, near Olivenza. is situated 6 km southeast of Olivenza.

Olivenza

Latitude
38.68548° or 38° 41′ 8″ north
Longitude
-7.09957° or 7° 5′ 59″ west
Population
9,750
Elevation
262 metres (860 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ES OVZ
Open location code
8CCJMWP2+55
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1470838617
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
9883562
Wiki­data ID
Q488052
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Olivenza” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أولايفينزا
  • Arabic: اولايفينزا
  • Aragonese: Olivenza
  • Asturian: Olivenza
  • Basque: Olivenza
  • Belarusian: Алівенса
  • Belarusian: Алівэнса
  • Breton: Olivenza
  • Bulgarian: Оливенза
  • Catalan: Olivença
  • Catalan: Olivenza
  • Cebuano: Olivenza
  • Chechen: Оливенса
  • Chinese: Olivenza
  • Chinese: 奥利文萨
  • Chinese: 奧利文薩
  • Czech: Olivenza
  • Danish: Olivenza
  • Dutch: Olivenza
  • Egyptian Arabic: اولايفينزا
  • Esperanto: Olivenco
  • Esperanto: Olivenza
  • Estonian: Olivenza
  • Extremaduran: Olivença
  • Finnish: Olivença
  • Finnish: Olivenza
  • French: Olivence
  • French: Olivenza
  • Galician: Olivença
  • Galician: Olivenza
  • Georgian: ოლივენსა
  • German: Olivenca
  • German: Olivença
  • German: Olivenza
  • Greek: Ολιβένθα
  • Hebrew: אוליבנסה
  • Hungarian: Olivenza
  • Interlingua: Olivença/Olivenza
  • Interlingua: Olivenza
  • Irish: Olivenza
  • Italian: Olivença
  • Italian: Olivenza
  • Japanese: オリヴェンサ
  • Japanese: オリベンサ
  • Kazakh: Olïvensa
  • Kazakh: Оливенса
  • Kazakh: ولىيۆەنسا
  • Korean: 올리벤사
  • Kurdish: Olivenza
  • Ladin: Olivenza
  • Lithuanian: Olivensa
  • Lombard: Olivenza
  • Luxembourgish: Olivença
  • Luxembourgish: Olivenza
  • Macedonian: Оливенза
  • Macedonian: Оливенса
  • Malay: Olivenza
  • Mazanderani: ولیونچا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Olivenza
  • Nigerian Pidgin: Olivença
  • Nigerian Pidgin: Olivenza
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Olivença
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Olivenza
  • Occitan (post 1500): Olivenza
  • Persian: الیبنسا
  • Polish: Olivenza
  • Portuguese: Olivença
  • Romanian: Olivença
  • Romanian: Olivenza (Badajoz)
  • Romanian: Olivenza
  • Russian: Оливенса
  • Scots: Olivenza
  • Silesian: Olivenza
  • Slovak: Olivenza
  • Slovenian: Olivença
  • Slovenian: Olivenza
  • South Azerbaijani: الیبنسا
  • Spanish: Olivenca
  • Spanish: Olivença
  • Spanish: Olivenza
  • Swedish: Olivença
  • Swedish: Olivenza
  • Tatar: Оливенса
  • Turkish: Olivenza
  • Ukrainian: Олівенса
  • Uzbek: Olivensa
  • Uzbek: Olivenza - Olivenca
  • Uzbek: Olivenza - Olivença
  • Uzbek: Оливенза - Оливенçа
  • Uzbek: Оливенса
  • Venetian: Olivenza
  • Vietnamese: Olivenza
  • Volapük: Olivença
  • Volapük: Olivenza
  • Waray (Philippines): Olivenza

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