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  2. Nueva Vizcaya, New Spain - Wikipedia

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    Nueva Vizcaya (New Biscay, Basque: Bizkai Berria) was the first province in the north of New Spain to be explored and settled by the Spanish. It consisted mostly of the area which is today the states of Chihuahua and Durango and the southwest of Coahuila in Mexico as well as parts of Texas in the United States .

  3. Gaddang people - Wikipedia

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    Royal reform and re-organization of the Cagayan government and economy began with the creation of Nueva Vizcaya province in 1839. In 1865, Isabela province was created from parts of Cagayan and Nueva Vizcaya. The new administrations further opened Cagayan Valley lands to large-scale agricultural concerns funded by Spanish, Chinese, and wealthy ...

  4. Provincias Internas - Wikipedia

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    The Provincias Internas (Spanish: Inner Provinces), also known as the Comandancia y Capitanía General de las Provincias Internas (Commandancy and General Captaincy of the Inner Provinces), was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire created in 1776 to provide more autonomy for the frontier provinces of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, present-day northern Mexico and the Southwestern ...

  5. New Spain - Wikipedia

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    Huge deposits of gold in California were discovered immediately after it was incorporated into the U.S. following the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). The northern region of New Spain in the colonial era was considered marginal to Spanish interests compared to the most densely populated and lucrative areas of central Mexico.

  6. Basque Mexicans - Wikipedia

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    Francisco Ibarra explored northern Mexico and founded Nueva Vizcaya. [1] Fermín de Francisco Lasuén was the founder of many of the Spanish missions in Alta California. In 1907, the Basque community founded the Centro Vasco. This community consisted of immigrants from Navarre, Gipuzkoa, Biscay and some French Basques. [2]

  7. Kalanguya people - Wikipedia

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    The Kalanguya (also sometimes referred to as the Ikalahan) are an Austronesian ethnic group most closely associated with the Philippines' Cordillera Administrative Region, [2] [3] [4] but whose core population can be found across an area which also includes the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, and Pangasinan. [5]

  8. Northern Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The first city of the region was Durango, founded in 1563 by Francisco de Ibarra, a Basque explorer. During the colonial era, Durango, Chihuahua and some parts of Sinaloa and Coahuila were a Basque colony named the Nueva Vizcaya. Now, most Duranguenses are Basque descendants. [7]

  9. Ilocano people - Wikipedia

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    Ethnic group Ilocano people Tattao nga Iloko Ilocano women from Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur, c. 1900 Total population 8,746,169 (2020) Regions with significant populations Philippines (Ilocos Region, Cordillera, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, some parts of Soccsksargen) United States (Hawaii, California) Worldwide Languages Ilocano, Tagalog, English Religion Predominantly Roman ...