Basque Mexicans
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Western and Northern Mexico | |
| Languages | |
| Spanish (Castilian Spanish, Mexican Spanish), Basque, French | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
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Basques and Basque diaspora, Spanish Mexicans, French Mexicans |
Basque Mexicans (Spanish: vasco-mexicanos or simply vasco, Euskera: euskal-mexikar) are Mexicans of full, partial, or predominantly Basque ancestry, or Basque-born persons living in Mexico.
Seen in Mexico by the whole Euskalerria concept, Basque descendants can be from Navarre, Euskadi or Iparralde. It is one of the most important and numerous groups of European people in Mexico and one of the biggest Basque diasporas in the world.
Basques can be found in every corner of Mexico, including names of cities and regions such as: Arriaga in Chiapas, Durango a State, Aramberri in Nuevo León, Reynosa and Laredo in Tamaulipas, Arizpe in Sonora, Bernal in Queretaro or Narvarte neighbourhoods in Mexico City, and even dating by the colonial times, Arizona has its name for being and extension of the New Navarre in the province of Sonora, and least not mention in California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Oregon and elsewhere of the Western U.S. is the Basque American familial link with Basques in Mexico.
The first Catholic archbishop in Mexico, Juan Zumarraga, was Basque.Francisco Ibarra explored northern Mexico and founded Nueva Vizcaya.Fermín de Francisco Lasuén was the founder of many of the Spanish missions in Alta California.
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