Spanish Chilean
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Spanish Chileans are Chileans
, of Spanish origin, even though most of the original colonial settlers have mixed with the other Europeans that have settled in the country after Independence up to the 20th century.
Spanish colonizers first came to Chile in the 16th century, but today's Spanish Chileans are descendent from recent immigrants from the 19th and 20th centuries, especially as refugees from the Spanish Civil War, and they came from different parts of Spain. Thousands of Spanish refugees fleeing Spanish Civil War
on 1939 also settled and have many descendants in the country. There are also Catalans
and Galicians
, most of these two came either through Argentina (which has a large Galician population) or came escaping the Spanish Civil War and Franco's Dictatorship.
Pablo Neruda, the Chilean poet and politician, helped a group of refugees by putting them on bord the Winnipeg ship
for Valparaíso
, in Chile.
Chilean people
Chilean people, or simply Chileans, are the native citizens and long-term immigrants of Chile. Chileans are mainly of Spanish and Amerindian descent, with small but significant traces of 19th and 20th century European immigrant origin...
, of Spanish origin, even though most of the original colonial settlers have mixed with the other Europeans that have settled in the country after Independence up to the 20th century.
Spanish colonizers first came to Chile in the 16th century, but today's Spanish Chileans are descendent from recent immigrants from the 19th and 20th centuries, especially as refugees from the Spanish Civil War, and they came from different parts of Spain. Thousands of Spanish refugees fleeing Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
on 1939 also settled and have many descendants in the country. There are also Catalans
Catalan people
The Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...
and Galicians
Galician people
The Galicians are an ethnic group, a nationality whose historical homeland is Galicia in north-western Spain. Most Galicians are bilingual, speaking both their historic language, Galician, and Castilian Spanish.-Political and administrative divisions:...
, most of these two came either through Argentina (which has a large Galician population) or came escaping the Spanish Civil War and Franco's Dictatorship.
The Spanish Civil War
Many of today's Spanish Chileans are refugees from the Spanish Civil War, and their descendents.Pablo Neruda, the Chilean poet and politician, helped a group of refugees by putting them on bord the Winnipeg ship
Winnipeg (ship)
SS Winnipeg was a French steamer notable for arriving at Valparaíso, Chile, on 3 September 1939, with 2,200 Spanish immigrants aboard. The refugees were fleeing Spain after Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War...
for Valparaíso
Valparaíso
Valparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...
, in Chile.
List of Spanish cultural centres and other institutions in Chile
They have regional cultural centres in Santiago and other large cities.- 7ª. Cía. de Bomberos "Bomba España", AntofagastaAntofagastaAntofagasta is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2002 census, the city has a population of 296,905...
- Centro Español de Antofagasta
- Sociedad Española de Beneficencia de Antofagasta
- Centro Español, AricaAricaArica is a city in northern Chile. "Arica" may also refer to:Places* Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile* Arica Airport , Chile* Arica, Amazonas, town in Colombia* Rio Aricá-açu, tributary of the Cuiabá River south of Cuiabá, BrazilOther...
- Estadio Español de ChiguayanteChiguayanteChiguayante is a Chilean city and commune in Concepción Province, Biobío Region. It is part of Greater Concepción.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Chiguayante spans an area of and has 81,302 inhabitants . Of these, 81,238 lived in urban areas and 64...
- Centro Español de ChillánChillánChillán is a city in the Biobío Region of Chile located about south of the country's capital, Santiago, near the geographical center of the country. It is the capital of Ñuble Province and, with a population of approximately 170,000 people , the most populated urban center of this province...
- Hogar Español de Chillán
- Sociedad Española de Beneficencia de Chillán
- Centro Español de ConcepciónConcepción, ChileConcepción is a city in Chile, capital of Concepción Province and of the Biobío Region or Region VIII. Greater Concepción is the second-largest conurbation in the country, with 889,725 inhabitants...
- Sociedad Española de Beneficencia de Concepción
- Sociedad Española de Beneficiencia de Concepción
- Colectividad Española, CoquimboCoquimboCoquimbo is a port city, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo lies in a valley south of La Serena, with which it forms Greater La Serena with more than 400,000 inhabitants. The commune spans an area around the...
- Corporación Unión Española de CoyhaiqueCoyhaiqueCoihaique , also spelled Coyhaique in Patagonia, is the capital city of both the Coihaique Province and the Aysén Region of Chile. Founded by settlers in 1929, it is a young city. Until the twentieth century, Chile showed little interest in exploiting the remote Aisén region...
- Centro Español de CuricóCuricóCuricó , meaning "Black Waters" in Mapudungun , is the capital city of the Curicó Province, part of the Maule Region in Chile's central valley....
- Club Deportivo Español de Curicó
- Club Deportivo Español de Curicó
- Estadio Español de Curicó
- Sociedad de Damas del Pilar de Curicó
- Sociedad Española de Beneficencia de Curicó
- Casino Español de IquiqueIquiqueIquique is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Atacama Desert and the Pampa del Tamarugal. It had a population of 216,419 as of the 2002 census...
- Sociedad Española de Beneficencia, IquiqueIquiqueIquique is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Atacama Desert and the Pampa del Tamarugal. It had a population of 216,419 as of the 2002 census...
- Sociedad Española de Beneficencia, Las CondesLas CondesLas Condes is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. The area is inhabited primarily by upper-mid to high income families...
- Estadio Español de LinaresLinares, ChileLinares is a Chilean city and commune located in the Maule Region and lies in the fertile Chilean Central Valley, south of Santiago and south of Talca, the regional capital...
- Sociedad Española de Beneficencia, Linares
- Centro Español de Los AndesLos Andes, ChileLos Andes, founded in July 31, 1791 as Santa Rosa de Los Andes, is a Chilean city and commune located in the province of the same name, in Valparaíso Region...
- Sociedad Española de Beneficencia, Los Andes
- Centro Español de Los ÁngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
- Club Deportivo Español de OsornoOsorno, ChileOsorno is a city and commune in southern Chile and capital of Osorno Province in the Los Lagos Region. It had a population of 145,475, as of the 2002 census...
- Sociedad Española de SS.MM. de Osorno
- Colectividad Valenciana de Chile ProvidenciaProvidencia, ChileProvidencia is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Part of Greater Santiago, it is bordered by the communes of Santiago to the west, Recoleta to the northwest, Las Condes and Vitacura to the northeast, La Reina to the east, and Ñuñoa to the south.In 2006...
- Instituto Chileno de Cultura Hispánica, Providencia
- Centro Español de Puerto MonttPuerto MonttPuerto Montt is a port city and commune in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region. The commune spans an area of and had a population of 175,938 in 2002. It is located 1,055 km to the south of the capital, Santiago...
- Centro Español de Puerto NatalesPuerto NatalesPuerto Natales is a city in Chilean Patagonia. Puerto Natales is the capital of both the commune of Natales and the province of Última Esperanza, , one of the four provinces that make up the Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region in the southernmost part of Chile...
- Sociedad Española de Punta Arenas
- Centro Español de RancaguaRancaguaRancagua is a city and commune in central Chile, part of the Rancagua conurbation. It is the capital of the Cachapoal Province and of the O'Higgins Region, located south of the national capital of Santiago. It had a 2002 population of 214,344...
- Corporación Club Español de Campo Reñaca-ViñaViña del MarViña del Mar , is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Its long stretches of white sandy beaches are a major attraction for national and international tourists. The city is Chile's main tourist attraction. Known as "La Ciudad Jardín" , Viña del Mar is a Chilean Municipality located...
- Centro Cultural Español San AntonioSan Antonio, ChileSan Antonio, meaning "Saint Anthony", is a major Chilean port and a commune in San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region...
- Centro Español de San FernandoSan Fernando, ChileSan Fernando is the capital of the province of Colchagua, in central Chile, and the second most populated urban center of the O'Higgins Region. Located close to the Tinguiririca River in a fertile valley, San Fernando sits 1,112 feet above sea level...
- Sociedad Española de Beneficencia, San Fernando
- 10a. Cía. de Bomberos "Bomba España", SantiagoSantiago, ChileSantiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
- Camara Oficial Española de Comercio de Chile
- Centro Navarro de Chile, Santiago
- Círculo de Profesionales Hispánicos, Santiago
- Círculo Español, Santiago
- Colectividad Andaluza de Chile, Santiago
- Colectividad Asturiana de Chile, Santiago
- Colectividad Castellano-Leonesa de Chile, Santiago
- Colectividad Castellano-Leonesa de Chile, Santiago
- Colectividad Madrileña de Chile, Santiago
- Comité de Damas de A.I.E.CH., Santiago
- Confederación de Bombas Españolas en Chile, Santiago
- Coolectividad Aragonesa de Chile, Santiago
- Estadio Español de Las Condes
- Hogar Español, Santiago
- Lar Gallego, Santiago
- Sociedad Benéfica La Rioja, Santiago
- Sociedad Española de Socorros Mutuos y Beneficencia, Santiago
- Unión EspañolaUnión EspañolaClub Unión Española S.A.D.P is a professional Chilean football based in Independencia, Santiago de Chile. Founded by a Spanish immigrants on 18 May 1897, Unión Española have participated in the top-tier of Chilean football for all of their existence but two seasons in the late '90s .Unión Española...
, Santiago - Agrupación Winnipeg, Santiago
- Centre Català de Santiago de Xile, Santiago
- Centro Vasco, Santiago
- 5a. Cía de Bomberos Bomba España de TalcaTalcaTalca is a city and commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region . As of the 2002 census, the city had a population of 193,755....
- Centro Español de Talca
- Club Deportivo Español de Talca
- Escuela Especial España, Talca
- Ropero Español de Talca
- Sociedad Española de Beneficencia de Talca
- 4a. Cía. de Bomberos Bomba España, TemucoTemucoTemuco is a city and commune, capital of the Cautín Province and of the Araucanía Region in southern Chile. The name comes from the Mapudungun language, meaning "temu water"; "temu" is a tree used by Mapuches for medicinal purposes. The city is located 670 km south of Santiago...
- Centro Español de Temuco
- Sociedad Española de Beneficencia de Temuco
- Centro Español de ValdiviaValdivia-Geography:*Chile** Valdivia, Chile, a city and municipality in the Province of Valdivia** Valdivia River, a river which begins in the city of Valdivia** Valdivia Province, the Province of Valdivia...
- 7a. Cía. de Bomberos Bomba España, ValparaísoValparaísoValparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...
- Sociedad Española de Beneficencia, Valparaíso
- Club Unión Española Valparaíso, Viña del MarViña del MarViña del Mar , is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Its long stretches of white sandy beaches are a major attraction for national and international tourists. The city is Chile's main tourist attraction. Known as "La Ciudad Jardín" , Viña del Mar is a Chilean Municipality located...
- Soc. de Beneficencia Damas Españolas Viña del Mar
Notable Spanish Chileans
- Isabel AllendeIsabel AllendeIsabel Allende Llona is a Chilean writer with American citizenship. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the "magic realist" tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts , which have been commercially successful...
, writer - Alejandro AmenábarAlejandro AmenábarAlejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Spanish- Chilean film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth...
, film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... - Manuel Blanco EncaladaManuel Blanco EncaladaManuel José Blanco y Calvo de Encalada was a Vice-Admiral in the Chilean Navy, a political figure, and Chile's first President .-Biography:...
, 1st (provisional) President of ChilePresident of ChileThe President of the Republic of Chile is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration...
(1826), Vice-Admiral in the Chilean NavyChilean Navy-Independence Wars of Chile and Peru :The Chilean Navy dates back to 1817. A year before, following the Battle of Chacabuco, General Bernardo O'Higgins prophetically declared "this victory and another hundred shall be of no significance if we do not gain control of the sea".This led to the... - Claudio Bravo, football (soccer)Football (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
goalkeeperGoalkeeper (football)In association football, the goalkeeper occupies a position that represents the last line of defence between the opponent's offence and his own team's goal. The primary role of the goalkeeper is to defend his team's goal and prevent the opposition from scoring a goal... - Jordi Castell, photographer, television presenter
- Matías CousiñoMatías CousiñoMatías Cousiño Jorquera was a Chilean coal magnate and patriarch of the wealthy Cousiño family. Cousiño's most emblematic coal mine lied in Lota a small coastal town on the coast of the Bío-Bío Region, there steam ships that passed the Strait of Magellan could be resupplied with coal.-Early and...
, coalCoalCoal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
magnateMagnateMagnate, from the Late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus 'great', designates a noble or other man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities...
and patriarch of the Cousiño family - Carlos DíazCarlos Díaz (actor)Carlos Patricio Díaz is a Chilean-born Canadian film and television actor who appears in Rent-a-Goalie, The Dead Zone and The Line.-Life and career:...
, television and film actor - Javiera Díaz de ValdésJaviera Díaz de ValdésJaviera Diaz de Valdés Alemparte , is a Chilean television actress best known for her role in the telenovela "Gatas y Tuercas". Javiera is a descendant of Javiera Carrera, a Chilean patriot of Basque descent, married to the Spanish aristocrat Pedro Díaz de Valdés.She was a model for the Elite...
, actress - Karen Doggenweiler LapuenteKaren DoggenweilerKaren Sylvia Doggenweiler Lapuente is a popular Chilean journalist and TV presenter.Doggenweiler is the daughter of Félix Doggenweiler Heim, of Swiss-German descent and Silvia Lapuente, of Spanish-Aragonese descent. She is married to the Chilean politician Marco Enríquez-Ominami. The marriage...
, journalist, TV hostess - Mark González HoffmannMark GonzálezMark Dennis González Hoffman , commonly known as Mark González, is a South African-born Chilean footballer whose preferred position is as a left winger. Renowned for his lightning pace, he is nicknamed "Speedy González". González currently plays for CSKA Moscow.-Early life:Mark González was born in...
, footballer (soccer) - Fernando González CiuffardiFernando González----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...
- Sergio Lagos, TV presenter
- Roberto MattaRoberto MattaRoberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren , better known as Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art....
, abstract expressionist and surrealist painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is... - Jorge MonttJorge MonttJorge Montt Álvarez was vice-admiral of the Chilean Navy and president of Chile from 1891 to 1896.-Early life:...
, 12th president of ChilePresident of ChileThe President of the Republic of Chile is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration...
(1891–1896), vice-admiral of the Chilean navy - Nicole, singer
- Rafael OlarraRafael OlarraRafael Andrés Olarra Guerrero is a footballer. He plays as a defender, currently in Unión Española.-Career:Olarra began his career in Audax Italiano...
- Carlos Pezoa VélizCarlos Pezoa VélizCarlos Pezoa Véliz was a poet, educator and journalist from Chile. His literary work remained largely unpublished until his death at the young age of 29...
- José PiñeraJosé PiñeraJosé Piñera is the architect of Chile's private pension system based on personal retirement accounts. Piñera has been called "the world's foremost advocate of privatizing public pension systems" as well as "the Pension Reform Pied Piper"...
- Sebastián PiñeraSebastián PiñeraMiguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique is a Chilean businessman and politician. He was elected President of Chile in January 2010, taking office in March 2010.- Education :...
- Arturo PratArturo PratAgustín Arturo Prat Chacón was a Chilean navy officer. He was killed shortly after boarding the Peruvian armored monitor Huáscar at the Naval Battle of Iquique after the ship under his command, the Esmeralda, was rammed by the Peruvian monitor...
- Carlos PratsCarlos PratsGeneral Carlos Prats González was a Chilean Army officer, a political figure, minister and Vice President of Chile during President Salvador Allende's government, and General Augusto Pinochet's predecessor as commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army...
- José Joaquín PrietoJosé Joaquín PrietoJosé Joaquín Prieto Vial was a Chilean military and political figure. He was twice President of Chile between 1831 and 1841. José Joaquín Prieto was of Spanish and Basque descent.-Early life:...
- Germán RiescoGermán RiescoGermán Riesco Errázuriz was a Chilean political figure, and he served as President of Chile between 1901 and 1906.-Early life:...
- Carolina ToháCarolina ToháCarolina Montserrat Tohá Morales is a Chilean politician from the Party for Democracy . She is the daughter of the late Socialist politician, Vice President, and minister of Salvador Allende, José Tohá....
- José ToháJosé ToháJosé Tohá González was a Chilean journalist, lawyer, political figure, and Socialist politician.He was born in Chillán, the son of Spanish immigrant José Tohá Soldavilla and of Brunilda González Monteagudo. After completing his secondary studies in his natal city, he studied law at the ...
- Gonzalo Valenzuela Hölzel
- Leonor VarelaLeonor VarelaLeonor Varela Palma is a Chilean actress, and model. She played the character Cleopatra in the 1999 film Cleopatra...
- Jose Luis VillanuevaJosé Luis VillanuevaJosé Luis Villanueva Ahumada is a Chilean football player. He is currently playing for Universidad Católica.- Second Division in Chile :...