page_title: Castilians
hierarchical_section_title: Castilians
caption_attribution_description: This image was improved or created by the Wikigraphists of the Graphic Lab (en).&#160;You can propose images to clean up, improve, create or translate as well. English: The Crown of Castile in modern Spain. Español: La Corona de Castilla en la España moderna. This &#32;image was created with Paint.net.
context_page_description: Castilians are a subgroup of Spaniards and the inhabitants of the historical region of Castile, in central Spain. The exact limits of this region are disputed, and the western parts of Castile and León, Cantabria and La Rioja are often also included in the definition, but this is controversial for historical reasons and the strong sense of unique cultural identity of those regions. The province of Albacete is also often included but not always, as it was previously has part of the Region of Murcia.
  A broader definition is to consider as Castilians the population belonging to the Peninsular territories, which were controlled by the Crown of Castile. This included a large part of the Iberian Peninsula.
  However, not all people in the regions of the medieval Kingdom of Castile or Crown of Castile think of themselves as Castilian. For this reason, the exact limits of what Castile is today are disputed. As an ethnicity, they are most commonly associated with the sparsely populated inner plateau of the Iberian peninsula, which is split in two by the Sistema Central mountain range in Northern or Old Castile and Southern or New Castile.
context_section_description: Castilians (Spanish: castellanos) are a subgroup of Spaniards and the inhabitants of the historical region of Castile, in central Spain. The exact limits of this region are disputed, and the western parts of Castile and León (that is, the Region of León), Cantabria and La Rioja are often also included in the definition, but this is controversial for historical reasons and the strong sense of unique cultural identity of those regions. The province of Albacete is also often included but not always, as it was previously has part of the Region of Murcia.
  A broader definition is to consider as Castilians the population belonging to the Peninsular territories (and Canary Islands), which were controlled by the Crown of Castile. This included a large part of the Iberian Peninsula.
  However, not all people in the regions of the medieval Kingdom of Castile or Crown of Castile think of themselves as Castilian. For this reason, the exact limits of what Castile is today are disputed. As an ethnicity, they are most commonly associated with the sparsely populated inner plateau of the Iberian peninsula, which is split in two by the Sistema Central mountain range in Northern or Old Castile and Southern or New Castile.
  Through the Reconquista and other conquests in the Middle Ages, the Kingdom of Castile (later Crown of Castile) spread over a large part of the Iberian Peninsula, especially towards the southern Spanish regions. After this, since the 15th century, through the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the Castilians also spread over the New World, bringing with them not only their language, but also elements of their culture and traditions.
caption: The Crown of Castile in modern-day Spain
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