Basque Colombians

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.

Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque Colombians Colombia
  • Eusko-Kolonbiar
  • Vasco-Colombianos
Total population
3,405,800-5,525,000 Colombians of full or partial Basque origin[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Throughout Colombia, especially Antioquia Department, Eje Cafetero, Bogotá, Valle del Cauca Department, Santander Department, Norte de Santander Department, Caribbean region
Languages
Colombian Spanish · Basque
Religion
Roman Catholicism · Protestantism (Lutheranism · Evangelicalism

Basques in the Paisa Region

The presence of Basque ancestry in the Paisa Region is exhibited by the proliferation of Basque surnames.[3] 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.[4] The Basques began to arrive in Antioquia during the seventeenth century.

See also

References
  1. Kerexeta, Jaime de; Abrisqueta, Francisco de (1985). Vascos en Colombia. ISBN 9789580609513.
  2. "Guía de los Vascos en Antioquia" (PDF). euskadi.eus. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. Basque Families of Antioquia, Buber's Basque, link retrieved on 4 April 2009.
  4. 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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