Galicians
Galician bagpipers | |
| Total population | |
| c. 3.2 million[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Spain 2,752,676[2][3] | |
| Galicia 2,397,613 | 2,397,613[2][3] |
| Province of A Coruña | 991,588[2][3] |
| Province of Pontevedra | 833,205[2][3] |
| Province of Lugo | 300,419[2][3] |
| Province of Ourense | 272,401[2][3] |
| Spain (excluding Galicia) | 355,063[2][3] |
| Argentina | 147,062[4] |
| Venezuela | 38,440–46,882[4][5] |
| Brazil | 38,554[4] |
| Uruguay | 35,369[4] |
| Cuba | 31,077[4] |
| Switzerland | 30,737[4] |
| France | 16,075[4] |
| United States | 14,172[4] |
| Germany | 13,305[4] |
| United Kingdom | 10,755[4] |
| Mexico | 9,895[4] |
| Galicians inscribed in the electoral census and living abroad combined (2013) | 414,650[4] |
| Languages | |
| Galician, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism[6] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Portuguese, Asturians, Leonese people, other Spaniards | |
Galicians (Galician: galegos [ɡaˈleɣʊs] or pobo galego; Spanish: gallegos [ɡaˈʎeɣos]) are an ethnic group[7][8] primarily residing in Galicia, northwest Iberian Peninsula. Historical emigration resulted in populations in other parts of Spain, Europe, and the Americas. Galicians possess distinct customs, culture, language, music, dance, sports, art, cuisine, and mythology. Galician, a Romance language derived from the Latin of ancient Roman Gallaecia, is their native language and a primary cultural expression. It shares a common origin with Portuguese, exhibiting 85% intelligibility, and similarities with other Iberian Romance languages like Asturian and Spanish. They are closely related to the Portuguese people.[9][10] Two Romance languages are widely spoken and official in Galicia: the native Galician and Spanish.[11]
- ^ Sum of the inhabitants of Spain born in Galicia (c. 2.8 million), plus Spaniards living abroad and inscribed in the electoral census (CERA) as electors in one of the four Galician constituencies.
- ^ a b c d e f g Not including Galicians born outside Galicia
- ^ a b c d e f g "Instituto Nacional de Estadística". Ine.es. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "INE – CensoElectoral". Ine.es. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ Internacional, La Región (30 July 2015). "Miranda visita Venezuela para conocer las preocupaciones de la diáspora gallega". La Región Internacional. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ "Interactivo: Creencias y prácticas religiosas en España". Lavanguardia.com. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ Minahan, James (2000). One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 179, 776. ISBN 0-313-30984-1. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
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- ^ Recalde, Montserrat (1997). La vitalidad etnolingüística gallega. València: Centro de Estudios sobre Comunicación Interlingüistíca e Intercultural. ISBN 978-84-370-2895-8.
- ^ Bycroft, C.; Fernandez-Rozadilla, C.; Ruiz-Ponte, C.; Quintela, I.; Donnelly, P.; Myers, S.; Myers, Simon (2019). "Patterns of genetic differentiation and the footprints of historical migrations in the Iberian Peninsula". Nature Communications. 10 (1): 551. Bibcode:2019NatCo..10..551B. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-08272-w. PMC 6358624. PMID 30710075.
- ^ Recalde, Montserrat (1997). La vitalidad etnolingüística gallega. València: Centro de Estudios sobre Comunicación Interlingüistíca e Intercultural. ISBN 978-84-370-2895-8.
- ^ "Persoas segundo a lingua na que falan habitualmente. Ano 2003". Ige.eu. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.