Galician people
Galician (in Galician: Galician) Are an ethnic or national group whose homeland is the Galicia, Which is a historical region in Southeastern Europe, covering an area located in northwestern Spain. The main languages spoken in Galicia are Galician, spanish And Portuguese.
A Galician Autonomous (a concept established in the Spanish Constitution of 1981) is composed of four Spanish provinces: A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra.
Other areas Galician are located in the Spanish provinces of León and Zamora in Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León and Comunidad Autónoma de Asturias.
The official statistical agency Galicia is Galician Institute of Statistics (IGE). According to the group, in 2008 the total population was 2,783,100. The official languages are Galician And spanish. Knowledge of Spanish is required according to the Spanish Constitution and virtually universal. The GalicianAfter many years of decline, due to pressure spanish and state persecution, the study of Galician is growing due to the friendly policies of regional and popular support. Currently, approximately 82% of the population Galicia speaks Galician and about 61% of the population, have as their mother tongue.
The Galician culture is rich and very old and dates back to pre-Roman. The similarity between the Galician and Portuguese cultures is visible, so that many scholars do not see a clear division between the two sister nations.
Like other regions of the Iberian Peninsula, the Galicia has been the history of mass emigration set. Galician emigration was noted for other parts of Spain, Portugal, Europe and South America. Unlike other Spanish regions (Basque Country and Catalonia) – The richest and most urbanized – the Galicia remained relatively low, dominated by agriculture and rural villages. Moreover, its agricultural sector continues to be one of the most backward in Spain. For these and other reasons, the Galicia was an exporter of labor to the rest of Spain. Between 1900 and 1981, The net outflow of people from Galicia was more than 825,000. In fact, the city with the second highest number of Galicia’s population is Buenos AiresIn ArgentinaWhere immigration Galicia was so massive that all Spaniards are now known as gallegos (in Spanish, Galician). During Franco government there was a new wave of emigration from Galicia other European countries, including France, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
