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==Influence of Spain== |
==Influence of Spain== |
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Spain's influence to her former colonies in Asia ans Oceania are unabatable, and to this day, the Philippines, Guam, Marianas Islands, and Palau are Roman Catholic countries and have |
Spain's influence to her former colonies in Asia ans Oceania are unabatable, and to this day, the Philippines, Guam, Marianas Islands, and Palau are Roman Catholic countries and have numbers of ''Mestizo'' population. |
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==Influence of the Philippines== |
==Influence of the Philippines== |
Revision as of 07:59, 26 November 2005
Spanish East Indies is a term to describe Spanish possessions in Asia and Oceania. Primarily, it is used to describe the Philippines (Luzon, Visayas, and nothern fringes of Mindnaoa) and the latter's dependencies, Guam, Marianas Islands, Palau, and Micronesia. The present king of Spain use the name King of the Spanish East Indies, and since the colonization of the Spanish East Indies, this term has not been relinquished.
Influence of Spain
Spain's influence to her former colonies in Asia ans Oceania are unabatable, and to this day, the Philippines, Guam, Marianas Islands, and Palau are Roman Catholic countries and have numbers of Mestizo population.
Influence of the Philippines
During the Spanish Colonial Era, political prisoners are all those who were convicted of treason were deported to both Guam and Marianas Islands, in so doing this, the Spanish significantly influenced both the bloodline and the culture of its inhabitants. In Guam and Marianas Islands, the Philippine influence had been strong. The native people of Guam, the Chamorro, are of mixed Austronesian, Spanish, and Filipino blood, while due to the influx of immigrants, approximately 20% of Guamanians are of Filipino descent. To this day, three in ten Guamanians have a direct Filipino ancestor. Chamorro's nearest language relatives are found in the Philippines, and many Filipinos and Chamorros have word cognates. In Palau, 16% of the population is composed of Filipinos, who are primarily descendants of exiled political prisoners. Also, more recent immigrants include Mindanao fishermen coming from the nearby Philippine provinces of Surigao and Davao.