Basque Colombians

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Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque Colombians Colombia
  • Eusko-Kolonbiar
  • Vasco-Colombianos
Total population
~2,800,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Throughout Colombia, especially Antioquia Department, Eje Cafetero, Bogotá, Valle del Cauca Department, Santander Department, Norte de Santander Department, Nariño Department, Caribbean region
Languages
Colombian Spanish · Basque
Religion
Roman Catholicism

A Basque Colombian (Spanish: Vasco-Colombiano, Basque: Eusko-Kolonbiar) is a person or resident born in Colombia of Basque descent. The term "Basque" may refer to ethnic Basques who immigrated to Colombia from the Basque Country.

Basques in the Paisa Region

The presence of Basque ancestry in the Paisa Region is exhibited by the proliferation of Basque surnames.[2] Some scholars point out that this may be one of the regions of South America with the greatest concentration of ancestry from the Iberian region.[3] The Basques began to arrive in Antioquia during the seventeenth century.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ Luis Gorostiza (1912)
  2. ^ Basque Families of Antioquia, Buber's Basque, link retrieved on 4 April 2009.
  3. ^ Etnias de Colombia: "Los vascos Archived March 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine", (in Spanish). Link retrieved on 4 April 2009. Cite: "la profusión en Antioquia está por encima del promedio estadístico atribuible a la simple distribución casual de apellidos asimilados" (tr.en. "The profusion in Antioquia is above the media of a simple and casual surname assimilation.")
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