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The Assembly of Ronda (

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: ''Asamblea de Ronda'') or Assembly of the Andalusian Provinces in Ronda (Spanish: ''Asamblea de las provincias andaluzas en Ronda'') was a gathering of

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convoked by the Centros Andaluces in

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in January 1918. It was the first

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n regionalist gathering to adopt what

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called "the insignia of Andalusia" (''las insignias de Andalucía''), now the

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and

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of the

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of Andalusia. The assembly also adopted the projected 1883 Federal Constitution for Andalusia—the

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—as a

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for Andalusia, and espoused a political program of putting it into practical effect, taking on the mantle of the Andalusianist movement of the late 19th century. The most immediate antecedent to the Assembly of Ronda was the foundation in 1916 of the first Centro Andaluz in

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, presided over by Infante, and of the Andalusianist magazine ''Andalucía''. The assembly discussed such topics as centralism, '' caciquismo'', hunger, and bread and put forth a claim for ''"la Patria Andaluza"'' to the

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. In that document, Andalusia was described as a ''país'' ("country") and a ''nacionalidad'' ("nationality"). The Assembly of Ronda was continued by the

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References

* BOJA
Boletín número 1 de 04/01/1983
History of Andalusia Andalusian nationalism 1918 in Spain 1918 conferences