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List of some famous Spanish Filipinos:
List of some famous Spanish Filipinos:


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* [[Anna Larrucea]], actress
* [[Anna Larrucea]], actress
* [[Ruffa Gutierrez]], actress
* [[Ruffa Gutierrez]], actress
* [[Kristine Hermosa]], actress
* [[Marian Rivera]], actress and model
* [[Marian Rivera]], actress and model
* [[Cheska Garcia]], actress, TV host, model
* [[Cheska Garcia]], actress, TV host, model

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Spanish diaspora
Flag of the Hispanic people
Total population
Est. +/-33.33% of the population*
Regions with significant populations
Metro Manila, Zamboanga City, Cebu City, Vigan
Languages
Philippine Spanish, Spanish, Filipino, Chavacano, English
Religion
Roman Catholic, Evangelical, Pentecostal, Judaism, Agnostic
Related ethnic groups
Spaniards, Hispanic people, Filipinos
(*) "1/3rd of the inhabitants of the island of Luzon were mixed with varying degrees of Spanish ancestry" (est. 1818) [1]

A Spanish Filipino (Spanish, Chavacano: Español Filipino, Hispano Filipino; Tagalog, Filipino: Kastila, Tisoy, Conio; Cebuano, Hiligaynon: Cachila) is a Filipino who has Spanish or Hispanic lineage and ancestry, mostly born and raised in the Philippines.

Background

"The Philippines is a Latin American country that was transported to the Orient by a gigantic marine wave" - Arnold J. Toynbee.

A Spanish Filipino is any citizen or resident of the Philippines who is of Spanish or Hispanic ancestral origin.

Spanish Filipinos are represented in all levels of Philippine society and are integrated politically and economically, in the private and government sector.

Spanish Filipinos are present within several commerce and business sectors in the Philippines and a few sources estimate companies which comprise a significant portion of the Philippine economy are owned by Spanish Filipinos like International Container Terminal Services Inc., Manila Water, Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc., Ayala Land, Ynchausti y Compañia, Ayala Corporation, Aboitiz & Company, Union Bank of the Philippines, ANSCOR, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Globe Telecom, Solaire Resort & Casino, Phelps Dodge, to name but a few.[2][3][4][5][6]

Demographics

Between 1565 and 1898, Hispanics from Latin America and Spain sailed to and from the Philippine Islands.

This contributed to the assimilation of the Hispanics into everyday society and according to an 1818 study by the renowned German ethnologist Fëdor Jagor, "The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes", about "1/3rd of the inhabitants of the island of Luzon were mixed with varying degrees of Spanish ancestry and that the vast majority of military personnel have Latin-American origins."[1]

Using data based on Fëdor Jagor's study, it is estimated that Filipinos with at least some Spanish or Hispanic ancestry comprise roughly +/-33.33% of the current Philippine population.

Spanish Philippines

Spanish East Indies

Main article: Spanish East Indies
Cabildo Street, Intramuros, Manila, 1890s

The Spanish East Indies (Indias orientales españolas) were the Spanish territories in Asia-Pacific from 1565 until 1899. They comprised the Philippine Islands, Guam and the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands (Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia), and for some time parts of Formosa (Taiwan) and the Moluccas (Indonesia). Cebu was the first seat of government, later transferred to Manila. From 1565 to 1821 these territories, together with the Spanish West Indies, were administered through the Viceroyalty of New Spain based in Mexico City.

Captaincy General of the Philippines

Main article: Captaincy General of the Philippines

The Captaincy General of the Philippines (Spanish: Capitañía General de las Filipinas; Filipino: Kapitanyang Heneral ng Pilipinas) was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire. The Captaincy General encompassed the Spanish East Indies which included the modern country of the Philippines and various Pacific Island possessions, such as the Caroline Islands and Guam. It was founded in 1565 with the first permanent Spanish settlements.

For centuries all the political and economic aspects of the Captaincy were administered in Mexico by the Viceroyalty of New Spain, while the administrative issues had to be consulted with the Spanish Crown or the Council of the Indies through the Royal Audience of Manila. However, in 1821, after Mexico became an independent nation, all control was transferred to Madrid.

Language and Culture

Philippine Spanish

Main article: Philippine Spanish

Philippine Spanish (Spanish: Español filipino, Castellano filipino) is a Spanish dialect of the Spanish language in the Philippines. It is spoken mostly among Spanish Filipinos.

From 1565 to 1821, the Philippines was part of the Spanish East Indies, and was governed by the Captaincy General of the Philippines as a territory of the Viceroyalty of New Spain centered in Mexico. It was only administered directly from Spain in 1821 after Mexico gained its independence that same year. Since the Philippines was a former territory of the Viceroyalty of New Spain for most of the Spanish colonial period, Spanish as was spoken in the Philippines had a greater affinity to American Spanish rather than that of Peninsular Spanish.

Chavacano

Main article: Chavacano

Chavacano or Chabacano [tʃaβaˈkano] is a Spanish-based creole language spoken in the Philippines. The word Chabacano is derived from Spanish, meaning "poor taste", "vulgar", for the Chavacano language, developed in Cavite City, Ternate, Zamboanga and Ermita. It is also derived from the word chavano, coined by the Zamboangueño people.

Six different dialects have developed: Zamboangueño in Zamboanga City, Davaoeño Zamboangueño / Castellano Abakay in Davao City, Ternateño in Ternate, Cavite, Caviteño in Cavite City, Cotabateño in Cotabato City and Ermiteño in Ermita.

Chavacano is the only Spanish-based creole in Asia. It has survived for more than 400 years, making it one of the oldest creole languages in the world. Among Philippine languages, it is the only one not an Austronesian language, but like Malayo-Polynesian languages, it uses reduplication.

Famous people

See also: Spanish naming customs
Spanish Filipinos

List of some famous Spanish Filipinos:

Historical

Military

Prominent People

Arts and Literature

Politics

Music

Sports

Business

Beauty Pageant

Media

Entertainment

Actor

Actress

References

  1. ^ a b Jagor, Fedor; et al. (2007). "Part VI People and Prospects of the Philippines". The Former Philippines Through Foreign Eyes. Echo Library. ISBN 978-1-4068-1542-9. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |first= (help); External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "The Basques's contribution to the Philippines".
  3. ^ "Ayala Group".
  4. ^ "Aboitiz and Company - About Us".
  5. ^ "ICTSI - BOD - Enrique K. Razon Jr".
  6. ^ "ANSCOR - History".
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