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Galicians
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Not to be confused with the people of the eastern European region of Galicia.
Galicians (Galician: galegos [ɡaˈleɣʊs]; Spanish: gallegos [ɡaˈʎeɣos]) are a Romance-speaking European ethnic group [7] from northwestern Spain; they are closely related to the northern Portuguese people[8] and has its historic homeland in Galicia, in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula.[9] Two Romance languages are widely spoken and official in Galicia: the native Galician and Spanish.[10]
Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
![]() Galician bagpipers | |
Total population | |
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c. 3.2 million[1]
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Regions with significant populations | |
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![]() | 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] |
![]() | 355,063[2][3] |
![]() | 147,062[4] |
![]() | 38,440–46,882[4][5] |
![]() | 38,554[4] |
![]() | 35,369[4] |
![]() | 31,077[4] |
![]() | 30,737[4] |
![]() | 16,075[4] |
![]() | 14,172[4] |
![]() | 13,305[4] |
![]() | 10,755[4] |
![]() | 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 (particularly Norte), Asturians, Leonese people, other Spaniards, modern Celts |
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