Basques
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The Basques (Basque: euskaldunak, Spaingie: vascos, French: basques) as an ethnic group primarily inhabit an aurie traditionally kent as the Basque Kintra (Basque: Euskal Herria), a region that is locatit aroond the wastren end o the Pyrenees on the coast o the Bay o Biscay an straddles pairts o north-eastren Spain an sooth-wastren Fraunce.
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approx. 2.6 million in Spain an Fraunce | |
Regions wi signeeficant populations | |
Spain | 2,359,400[1] |
Basque Kintra | 1,850,500[1] |
Álava | 279,000 |
Biscay | 1,160,000 |
Gipuzkoa | 684,000 |
Navarre | 508,900[1] |
Fraunce | 230,200[1] |
Labourd | 225,000 |
Lawer Navarre | 40,000 |
Soule | 20,000 |
Argentinae | 3.5 million[2][3] |
Chile | 1.7 - 4.5 million[4][5] [8] |
Cuba | 1.5 million[9] |
Brazil | uncertain |
Ecuador | uncertain |
Mexico | uncertain |
Philippines | uncertain |
Colombie | 60,000[10] |
Unitit States | uncertain |
Uruguay | 102.200 |
Costa Rica | 9,800[11] |
Venezuela | 5,500[12] |
Bolivie | uncertain |
Peru | uncertain |
Leids | |
Releegion | |
Roman Catholicism, Atheism, Agnosticism |
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The Basques are kent in the local leids as:
- Euskaldunak ("Basque speakers", uised loosely tae descrive aw ethnic Basques), euskal herritarrak ("natives o the Basque Kintra") or euskotarrak ("natives of the Basque Kintra", an aften mentioned but rarely uised neologism) in Basque
- Vascos in Spaingie
- Basques in French
- Bascos in Gascon