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*From 1565 to 1821, the Philippines was governed as '''part of the Mexico-based Viceroyalty of New Spain''', later administered from Madrid following the Mexican War of Independence. | *From 1565 to 1821, the Philippines was governed as '''part of the Mexico-based Viceroyalty of New Spain''', later administered from Madrid following the Mexican War of Independence. | ||
*Manila was the '''western hub of the trans-Pacific trade'''. | *Manila was the '''western hub of the trans-Pacific trade'''. | ||
*During its rule, Spain quelled various indigenous revolts, as well as defending against external military challenges. Spanish forces included soldiers from elsewhere in New Spain, '''many of whom deserted and intermingled with the wider population.''' | *During its rule, Spain quelled various indigenous revolts, as well as defending against external military challenges. Spanish forces included soldiers from elsewhere in New Spain, '''many of whom deserted and intermingled with the wider population.''' Under Spanish rule there was also immigration from elsewhere in the empire, '''especially from Latin America''''. | ||
*'''Chinese Filipinos''' are mostly the descendants of immigrants from '''Fujian in China'''' after 1898, numbering around 2 million, although there are an estimated 20 percent of Filipinos who have partial Chinese ancestry, stemming from precolonial and colonial Chinese migrants. | |||
*As of 2015, there were 220,000 to 600,000 '''American citizens'''' living in the country. There are also up to 250,000 Amerasians scattered across the cities of '''Angeles, Manila, Clark and Olongapo.''' | |||
*Other important non-indigenous minorities include '''Indians and Arabs'''. | |||
*There are also '''Japanese people''', which include escaped Christians (Kirishitan) who fled persecutions which the Spanish empire in the Philippines had offered asylum from.<ref>"Philippines", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines#Colonial_rule_(1565%E2%80%931946), accessed 23 June 2021.</ref> | |||
=== Filipino Immigration to the United States === | === Filipino Immigration to the United States === | ||