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Spaniards in Venezuela
Ethnic group in Venezuela / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spaniards or Spanish people in Venezuela, are persons of fully Spanish or Iberian ancestry or those who have the Spanish Citizenship and are residing in Venezuela. Most of Spaniards in Venezuela are in Venezuela because of Spanish immigration to Venezuela, Spanish Civil War, Business, Related people and another circunstancies. However, the great wave of Spaniards occurred in the 19th century, the first time Spanish exiles arrived for political reasons after the Spanish Civil War, and the second was the largest since the late 1950s. The forties and throughout the fifties were driven by the severe economic difficulties Spain experienced in those years. The latest figures recorded by Spanish consulates show 207,692 registered Spaniards. But the true immigrant figure is estimated to be higher because many Spaniards have not renewed their documents or have lost their citizenship and have not yet decided to regain it.[2]
Españoles en Venezuela | |
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Total population | |
231,833[1] | |
Languages | |
Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Valencian and local dialects | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Venezuelans of European descent |