The Basque diaspora is the name given to describe people of Basque origin living outside their traditional homeland on the borders between Spain and France. Many Basques have left the Basque Country for other parts of the globe for economic and political reasons, with a substantial population in Chile and Colombia .

The Basque Diaspora consists of people living outside the Basque homeland in Europe who identify as being Basque. There are now over 170 Basque organizations in 24 countries around the world.

Basques have emigrated from their homeland for over two centuries, establishing roots in Chile, Argentina, the Philippines, Mexico, the United States, Australia, and more. An estimated one million people comprise the overseas Basque diaspora.

The largest of several important Basque communities in the United States is in the area around Boise, Idaho, home to the Basque Museum and Cultural Center, host to an annual Basque festival, as well as a festival for the Basque diaspora every five years.

Basque-American clubs have connections with other Basques around the world (across Europe, Canada, Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, Puerto Rico, Chile, Argentina, Australia, South Africa and the Philippines) to unite and consolidate a sense of identity in the global Basque diaspora.

2023年9月7日 · September 8 is now known as the Day of the Basque Diaspora around the world. It celebrates the hundreds of thousands of Basques who have migrated all over the globe, 60,000 of whom now live in the United States—an estimated 1,500 …

There are almost 10 million Basque descendants across the world who have preserved both their language and their culture. At a time marked by the globalisation of exchanges, when the perception of distance and time are changing, how do Basques experience their identity?

2015年12月14日 · The Basque Diaspora in Western USA and Argentina represents two populations which have maintained strong Basque cultural and social roots in a completely different geographic context.

2022年9月3日 · The Basque region is a diaspora of diasporas in itself; a country made up of emigrants and immigrants, world citizens who are constructing an extensive and dense network of transnational interconnections.

This paper sets out to analyse Basque Americans’ language competence (in Basque, Spanish or French, and English) and their attitudes towards these languages. As some background information is necessary, the historic development of the Basque diaspora in the USA will be outlined first, to later