Zafra is a town situated in the Province of Badajoz (Extremadura, Spain), and the capital of the comarca of Zafra - Río Bodión. It has a population of 16,677, according to the 2011 census.

Zafra is the hometown of Fray Ruy Lopez, author of one of the first European treatises on chess, and the humanist and arbitrist Pedro de Valencia.

Festivals:

• Feria Internacional Ganadera ("International Rancher's Fair"), held in the last week of September and the first week of October.
• De la luna al fuego, celebrated on the second to last week of June, coinciding with the festival of Saint John
• Semana Santa ("Easter"), held according to the church's calendar.
• The Carnival. It includes the Festival of Fat, where a number of pig products are tasted in the plazas.
• San Isidro, held at the end of the week closest to May 15.
• Procession of our lady the Virgen of Belén, held on the Sunday following Resurrection Sunday.