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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

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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

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References

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  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.")