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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 Andalusian nationalists convoked by the Centros Andaluces in
Ronda
Ronda () is a town in the Spanish province of Málaga. It is located about west of the city of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is about 35,000. Ronda is known for its cliff-side location and a deep chasm ...
Andalusia
Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The t ...
n regionalist gathering to adopt what
Blas Infante
Blas Infante Pérez de Vargas (5 July 1885 – 11 August 1936) was a Spanish Andalusist politician, Georgist, writer, historian and musicologist, known as the father of Andalusian nationalism ''(Padre de la Patria Andaluza)''.
Infante was a ...
called "the insignia of Andalusia" (''las insignias de Andalucía''), now the flag and
emblem
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of the
autonomous community
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of Andalusia.
The assembly also adopted the projected 1883 Federal Constitution for Andalusia—the Constitution of Antequera—as a Magna Carta 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
Seville
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...
, 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
League of Nations
The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ...
. In that document, Andalusia was described as a ''país'' ("country") and a ''nacionalidad'' ("nationality").
The Assembly of Ronda was continued by the Assembly of Córdoba (1919).