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Andalusian people live mainly in Spain's eight southernmost provinces: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga, and Sevilla, which all are part of the region and modern Autonomous Community of Andalucía. In January 2006 the total population of this region stood at 7,849,799; Andalucía is the most populous region of Spain. [16]
The Andalusian fishing fleet is Spain's second largest, after Galicia, and Andalusia's 38 fishing ports are the most of any Spanish autonomous community. [112] Commercial fishing produces only 0.5 percent of the product of the regional primary sector by value, but there are areas where it has far greater importance.
Politician and writer, leading exponent of Andalusian nationalism: Casares: 1885: 1936 Luisa of Medina-Sidonia: Queen-consort of Portugal: Sanlúcar de Barrameda: 1613: 1666 Antonio (Lopez) de Mendoza: First viceroy of New Spain and third viceroy of Peru: Granada: 1495: 1552 Ramón Maria Narvaez: General and Prime Minister of Spain: Loja: 1800: ...
In terms of personnel, by 2010 almost 1,350,000 people or 50.3% of the total civil servants in Spain were employed by the autonomous communities; [49] city and provincial councils accounted for 23.6% and those employees working for the central administration (police and military included) represented 22.2% of the total. [50]
Spain is a diverse country integrated by contrasting entities with varying economic and social structures, languages, and historical, political and cultural traditions. [1] [2] The Spanish constitution responds ambiguously to the claims of historic nationalities (such as the right of self-government) while proclaiming a common and indivisible homeland of all Spaniards.
Andalusian cultural identity was already delineated in the 19th century and diffused widely in the literary and pictorial genre of Andalusian costumbrismo. [192] [193] Andalusian culture came to be widely viewed as the Spanish culture par excellence, in part thanks to the perceptions of romantic travellers. In the words of Ortega y Gasset:
Javier Bardem is enjoying the life he's built with wife Penélope Cruz in Spain.. In a new Interview magazine conversation with Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd, the Oscar winner, 55, said "my wife ...
The predecessor of Andalusian nationalism is the peasant anarchism which was quite active during the 19th century. During the reign of Isabella II of Spain, Andalusia was a hotbed of anarchist insurgency. Later, these anarchist cores became protagonists in conflicts between local people and Madrid.