The murcian nationalism or murcianism (Spanish: Nacionalismo murciano, murcianismo) is a nationalist school of thought affirming the Murcian nation, as a people.[1]

Flag of the Murcianism.

The Murcianism defends the land of Murcia, the set of territories of Murcian culture and language, broadly identified with the basin of the Segura river.[2] The Kingdom of Murcia was once located here.[3]

The Murcianism claims recognition and normalization of the Murcian language.[4] This language is as a matter of fact the Catalan dialect spoken in the El Carche mountain region of North-East Murcia.[5]

After 1978 the political Murcianism has been represented by several parties (Partido del País Murciano, Partido Regionalista Murciano, Partido Murcianista, Nueva Región, Unión de los Pueblos de Múrcia, Unión Democrática de la Región de Murcia-Coalición Ciudadana Regional). Although n has achieved representation in an autonomous Parliament conditioned by an electoral system. The feeling of belonging to Spain is overwhelmingly dominant among the people of Murcia.

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  1. ^ Murcia y los nacionalismos (Absurdum)
  2. ^ García Álvarez, Jacobo (2002): Provincias, regiones y comunidades autónomas: la formación del mapa político de España (Spanish). Secretaría General del Senado. pp. 572. ISBN 8488802641.
  3. ^ Alcazár, Juan Francisco Jiménez (2012). "IDENTIFICATION AND IDENTITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORICAL MEMORY: THE KINGDOM OF MURCIA AND THE MIDDLE AGES" (PDF). Historia y Genealogía. 2: 175–199. hdl:10396/6542. ISSN 2173-6030. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. ^ LENGUA: Panorama lingüístico murciano
  5. ^ Limorti, Ester; Artur Quintana (1998): El Carxe. Recull de literatura popular valenciana de Múrcia, Instituto de Cultura Juan Gil-Albert / Diputación Provincial de Alicante, Alicante. ISBN 84-7784-315-5

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