Province of Cáceres

thumb|Part of the Roman [[Alconétar Bridge, Cáceres province]]

The province of Cáceres (; ; ; ) is a province of western Spain, and makes up the northern half of the autonomous community of Extremadura. Its capital is the city of Cáceres. Other cities in the province include Plasencia, Coria, Navalmoral de la Mata, and Trujillo, the birthplace of Francisco Pizarro González. , the province had 388,652 inhabitants, of whom a quarter lived in the capital. The Tagus river runs through the province.

Administrative divisions

The province was formed in 1839, and is bordered by the provinces of Salamanca, Ávila, Toledo and Badajoz in the south and by Portugal in the west.

The capital is the city of Cáceres, whereas of 2014, about a quarter of the 408,703 people in the province lived.