Galicia irredenta
' ("Unredeemed Galicia") or ' ("Outer" or "External Galicia"), also spelled as ' and ' and also known as ' or ' ("Eastern Strip"), is a term used for all Galician-speaking territories located outside of Galicia. These are all located in Spain, in either Asturias or Castile and León. These territories are sometimes divided into three subregions: El Bierzo ( in Galician), Eo-Navia ( in Galician) and As Portelas (or Upper Sanabria, or in Galician). There have been several attempts from these territories to join Galicia. An example is Porto de Sanabria, a small village where, in 2018, a vote was organized to join  to the region due to the lack of response from the government of Castile and León to requests from locals to fix a road. 202 people voted in favor, 19 against and 6 did a blank vote. However, this vote did not intend any official change and was only made to know the opinion of the inhabitants. Another example was that of El Bierzo, a "comarca" where more people prefer to join Galicia than to stay in Castile and León. There are people who have proposed to turn it into a new province of Spain and join it to Galicia . This initiative became more serious when a request was sent in 2021 to the Xunta de Galicia asking it to recognize El Bierzo as a new province of Galicia. This proposal was rejected by the Spanish prominent parties PP and PSOE.