Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are
Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west. To the north it borders Castile and León (provinces of
Salamanca and Ávila); to the south, it borders Andalusia (provinces of Huelva, Seville, and Córdoba); and to the
east, it borders Castile–La Mancha (provinces of Toledo and Ciudad Real).
The Day of Extremadura (Día de Extremadura) is an annual public holiday in the Spanish autonomous community of
Extremadura on September 8. It marks the anniversary of the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus.
A law enacted on June 3, 1985, proclaimed September 8 to be a public holiday known as the Day of Extremadura.
The public holiday was first observed on September 8, 1985.