- Spanish Mexican
Infobox Ethnic group
group = flagicon|Spain Spanish Mexicans flagicon|Mexico
"Hispanomexicano"
caption = |poptime = Vast majority are of mixed and unmixed Spanish descent
popplace = All overMexico
langs = Spanish
rels =Roman Catholicism
related =Spaniards A Spanish Mexican ( _es. Hispano Mexicano or Hispanomexicano, derived from _la. "
Hispania " now known as _es. "España", the Roman name for theIberian Peninsula including modern-day Portugal) is a Mexican citizen of Spanish descent or origin.Spaniards make up the largest group of Europeans in MexicoFact|date=June 2008. Most of them arrived during the colonial period but others have since then immigrated, especially during the
Spanish Civil War in the 1930'sFact|date=May 2008. There are about 9-15 million people of unmixed Spanish ancestry and 50 million more with partial ancestryFact|date=May 2008.The first Spaniards who arrived in Mexico were soldiers and sailors from
Extremadura ,Andalucia andLa Mancha after theconquest of America Fact|date=June 2008. Among the soldiers sent by the Spanish crown to the colonial territory were Muslim converts from Cordoba and GranadaFact|date=May 2008. At the end of the 16th century both common and aristocrat people were migrating to Mexico, mainly from provinces in Southern SpainFact|date=June 2008.Most recent migrants came during the Spanish civil war. Some of the migrants returned to Spain after the civil war, but others remained in MexicoFact|date=May 2008.
Although the largest Spanish community is located in cities like Guadalajara,
Mexico City ,Puebla , andVeracruz , have sizable Spanish communities. Also, Northern Mexico is almost entirely inhabited by Spanish people, in some states likeChihuahua ,Sonora , andNuevo Leon , the majority of the population accounts for Spaniard due to the absence of mixing, both because of the scarcity of Indians and the size of the territoryFact|date=June 2008.The Asturians are a very large community that lies in Mexico since colonial times to the present, with 42,000 members telling their descendantsFact|date=May 2008.
The Catalans are very numerous in Mexico. Fact|date=May 2008. According to sources from the Catalan community, approximately 12,000 is the total of which are around the country.Fact|date=May 2008.
The
Basques have 8,500 membersFact|date=May 2008.The Galicians have about 6,000 membersFact|date=May 2008.
The Canary Islands are a very small community in Mexico has 1,600 membersFact|date=May 2008.
ee also
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Immigration to Mexico
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