Eljas

Eljas, Spain
municipality
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Eljas, Spain Location within Spain
Coordinates: 40°14′N 6°49′W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Extremadura
Province	Cáceres
Municipality	Eljas
Government
• Alcalde	Antonio Bellanco Fernández (IPEX)
Area
• Total	33 km2 (13 sq mi)
Elevation	640 m (2,100 ft)
Population  (2025-01-01)
• Total	827
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

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Eljas (Fala: As Ellas, Fala pronunciation: [ˈas ˈe.ʎas]) is a municipality (municipio) located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2008 census (INE), the municipality has 1,046 inhabitants.

The local linguistic variety is the so-called Fala language, different from both Spanish and Portuguese, but closer to the latter.