Galicia irredenta explained

Galician: Galicia irredenta[1] ("Unredeemed Galicia") or Galician: Galicia estremeira[2] ("Outer" or "External Galicia"), also spelled as Galician: Galiza irredenta[3] and Galician: Galiza estremeira[4] and also known as Galician: Faixa Leste[5] or Galician: Franxa Leste[6] ("Eastern Strip"), is a term used for all Galician-speaking territories located outside of Galicia. These are all located in Spain, in either Asturias or Castile and León.[7] [8] These territories are sometimes divided into three subregions: El Bierzo (Galician: O Bierzo in Galician), Eo-Navia (Galician: Eo-Navia in Galician) and As Portelas (or Upper Sanabria, Galician: As Portelas or Galician: Alta Seabra in Galician).[9]

There have been several attempts from these territories to join Galicia. An example is Porto de Sanabria, a small village where, in 2018, a vote was organized to join to the region due to the lack of response from the government of Castile and León to requests from locals to fix a road. 202 people voted in favor, 19 against and 6 did a blank vote. However, this vote did not intend any official change and was only made to know the opinion of the inhabitants.[10]

Another example was that of El Bierzo, a comarca where more people prefer to join Galicia than to stay in Castile and León. There are people who have proposed to turn it into a new province of Spain and join it to Galicia.[11] This initiative became more serious when a request was sent in 2021 to the Xunta de Galicia asking it to recognize El Bierzo as a new province of Galicia.[12] This proposal was rejected by the Spanish prominent parties PP and PSOE.[13]

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Notes and References

  1. News: El PP plantea reformar la definición de la región para evitar peticiones de anexión. El Norte de Castilla. 20 June 2006. es.
  2. News: Da freguesía administrativa en Galicia. subscription. Xosé Luís. Méndez Ferrín. Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín. Faro de Vigo. 22 April 2017. gl.
  3. News: El BNG desiste de crear agrupaciones nacionalistas en el Occidente de Asturias. El Progreso de Lugo. 6 February 2012. es.
  4. News: Por um galeguismo do século XXI: Assembleia Nacional Galega (ANG). Manuel. Miragaia Doldán. Galicia Confidencial. 18 July 2016.
  5. O castelhano como blocador da normalidade do português na Galiza. Alexandre. Banhos. Boletim da Academia Galega da Língua Portuguesa. 6. 11–27. 2013. pt.
  6. Algunhas notas sobre a lingua galega da Franxa Leste. Alberto. Gómez Bautista. Madrygal. Revista de Estudios Gallegos. 7. 45–48. 2004. gl.
  7. News: A Galiza irredenta tambén existe!. Igor. Lugris. Galicia Hoxe. 20 October 2006. gl. https://web.archive.org/web/20070902231535/http://www.galicia-hoxe.com/index_2.php?idMenu=77&idNoticia=95273. 2 September 2007. dead.
  8. News: La Galicia irredenta en el Bierzo. Manuel. Baelo Álvarez. Diario de León. 15 December 2005. es.
  9. News: Para cando un convenio que potencie o galego na histórica rexión galegofalante do Bierzo?. Galicia Confidencial. 2 February 2018. gl.
  10. News: Porto, el pueblo zamorano que votó en 'referéndum' anexionarse a Galicia. ABC. 28 August 2018. es.
  11. News: A comarca do Bierzo aposta por se constituír como provincia, con preferencia por facelo uníndose a Galiza. Nós Diario. 25 May 2020. gl.
  12. News: A reivindicación dun Bierzo integrado na Galiza chega ao Parlamento galego. Nós Diario. 28 January 2021. gl.
  13. News: PP y PSOE tumban la propuesta del BNG para reconocer El Bierzo como provincia e incorporarla a Galicia. Natalia. Cabo. El Plural. 14 April 2021. es.

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