Spanish Mexican
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A Spanish Mexican (Spanish: Hispano Mexicano or Hispanomexicano, derived from Hispania now known as España, the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula including modern-day Portugal) is a Mexican citizen of Spanish descent or origin
Spaniards make up the largest group of Europeans in Mexico. Most of them arrived during the colonial period but others have since then immigrated, especially during the Spanish Civil War[citation needed]. There are about 9-15 million people of unmixed Spanish ancestry and millions more with partial ancestry[citation needed].
The first Spaniards who arrived in Mexico were soldiers and sailors from Extremadura, Andalucia and La Mancha after the conquest of the New Spain. Among the soldiers sent by the Spanish crown to the colonial territory were Muslim converts from Cordoba and Granada[citation needed]. At the end of the sixteenth century both common and aristocrat people were migrating to Mexico.
Most recent migrants came during the Spanish civil war. Some of the migrants returned to Spain after the civil war, but other remained in Mexico[citation needed].
Although the largest Spanish community is located in Mexico City, cities like Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, and Veracruz, have sizable Spanish communities. Also, Northern Mexico is almost entirely inhabited by Spanish people, in some states like Chihuahua, Sonora, and Nuevo 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 territory[citation needed].
The Asturians are a very large community that lies in Mexico since colonial times to the present, with 42,000 members telling their descendants[citation needed].
The Catalans are very numerous in Mexico[citation needed]. According to sources from the Catalan community, approximately 12,000 is the total of which are around the country[citation needed]. The Catalans were exiled to Mexico for supporting self-government of Catalonia[citation needed].
The Basques have 8,500 members[citation needed]. Basques arrived in Mexico since the nineteenth century fleeing persecution in Spain and France[citation needed].
The Galicians have about 6,000 members[citation needed].
The Canary Islands are a very small community in Mexico has 1,600 members[citation needed]. His arrival came in the early 30's[citation needed].
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