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The emigration of Ortigueira to America

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The emigration of Ortigueira to America

Historical milestone · Ortigueira, Ortegal, A Coruña

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More than ten thousand five hundred people left the concello bound for America, above all for Cuba; between 1900 and 1963 Ortigueira led in absolute figures the emigration of all Galician municipalities and the emigrants formed sixteen communities abroad.

1861-1963

Photo: Iago Casabiell González (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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