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====Spanish Uruguayans==== | ====Spanish Uruguayans==== | ||
*Between the 15th and early 19th centuries, the Spanish Empire was the sole colonial power in the Banda Oriental (now Uruguay). Thus, before 1811, a great part of the European settlers in Uruguay were from Spain, and they carried the Spanish colonial administration, including religious affairs, government and commercial business. A substantial '''Spanish-descended Criollo population''' gradually built up in the new cities, while some mixed with the indigenous populations '''(mestizos)''', with the Black slave population '''(mulattoes)''' or with other European immigrants. | *Between the 15th and early 19th centuries, the Spanish Empire was the sole colonial power in the Banda Oriental (now Uruguay). Thus, before 1811, a great part of the European settlers in Uruguay were from Spain, and they carried the Spanish colonial administration, including religious affairs, government and commercial business. A substantial '''Spanish-descended Criollo population''' gradually built up in the new cities, while some mixed with the indigenous populations '''(mestizos)''', with the Black slave population '''(mulattoes)''' or with other European immigrants. | ||
*The Spanish immigrants arriving between 18th and 20th century have different origins, but a significant number of them are from ''''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Uruguayans# | *The Spanish immigrants arriving between 18th and 20th century have different origins, but a significant number of them are from ''''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Uruguayans#Canary_Islands the Canary Islands], Catalonia, Galicia and the Basque Country.''' | ||
===Emigration from Uruguay=== | ===Emigration from Uruguay=== | ||