It is bordered by the provinces of Cáceres in the north, Toledo, Ciudad Real in the east, Córdoba in the south-east, Seville, and Huelva in the south and Portugal in the west.

When the Visigoth period ended and the Moors had invaded Spain, the Ibn-al-Aftas dynasty established a great cultural and scientific centre in the province.

[2] Although many districts have low ranges of hills, the surface is more often a desolate and monotonous plain, flat or slightly undulating.

The climate is continental with great extremes of heat in summer and of cold in winter, when fierce north and north-west winds blow across the plains.

There are also traditional comarcas (shires, but with no administrative role) in the province, including La Siberia and Llanos de Olivenza.

Thus the big cities like Badajoz, Mérida, Don Benito, Almendralejo and others, offer and live from services and to a lesser extent from general industries of medium type.

The two main cities of the province stand out: Badajoz and Mérida, with their respective industrial parks; and the towns of Jerez de los Caballeros, Don Benito-Villanueva and Almendralejo.

[1] The National Museum of Roman Art was designed in 1980 by architect José Rafael Moneo Vallés and completed in 1985.

The museum exhibits remnants of Roman infrastructure and dwellings, including those showing Christian influences like a basilica, and tombs.