Editing Province of Cáceres (section)

== Administrative divisions ==
The province was formed in 1839, and is bordered by the provinces of [[Salamanca (province)|Salamanca]], [[Ávila (province)|Ávila]], [[Toledo (province)|Toledo]] and [[Badajoz (province)|Badajoz]] in the south and by [[Portugal]] in the west.<ref name="Brittanica">{{cite web|title=Cáceres|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/87780/Caceres|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=15 September 2014}}</ref>
The capital is the city of [[Cáceres, Spain|Cáceres]], whereas of 2014, about a quarter of the 408,703 people in the province lived.<ref name="ine"/> Other cities in the province include [[Plasencia]], [[Coria, Cáceres|Coria]], [[Navalmoral de la Mata]], [[Alcántara]], and [[Trujillo, Cáceres|Trujillo]]. 
The province comprises 223 municipalities. Traditional [[Comarcas of Spain|comarcas]] without administrative function in the province are [[Las Villuercas]], [[Las Hurdes]], and Monfragüe. Las Hurdes was one of the poorest regions in Spain's history.<ref name="Brittanica" />