Spain Multinational state
definitions of ethnicity , nationality in spain politically fraught, particularly since transition francoist spain kingdom of spain in 1970s, when local regionalisms , peripheral nationalisms became major part of national politics.
the term spanish people (spanish: pueblo español) defined in spanish constitution of 1978 political sovereign, i.e., citizens of kingdom of spain. same constitution, in preamble, speaks of peoples , nationalities of spain (pueblos y nacionalidades de españa) , respective cultures, traditions, languages, , institutions.
the cia world factbook (2011) describes spain s ethnic makeup composite of mediterranean , nordic types , instead of usual breakdown of ethnic composition. reflects formation of modern kingdom of spain accretion of numerous independent iberian realms: andalusia, aragon, asturias, castile, catalonia, galicia, león, majorca, navarre, , valencia. thus, today s spaniards include andalusians, aragonese, asturians, basques, cantabrians, castilians, catalans, galicians, leonese, , valencians, , individual members of these groups may or may not consider them distinct nations.
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