Sevilla Holy week procession o Semana Mayor from other Spanish cities.. Spanish place names in Mexico Hundreds of places in Mexico are named after places in Spain or have Spanish names due to the Spanish colonialism, Spanish settlers and explorers. These include: Guadalajara, Jalisco, after Guadalajara, Spain, Mérida, Yucatán after Mérida, Spain Zamora, Michoacán after Zamora, Spain León, Guanajuato after León, Spain Valladolid, Yucatán after Valladolid, Spain and Morelia, Michoacán formerly named Valladolid de Michoacán Nuevo León named after the former Kingdom of León in Spain Monterrey city was named after the Countess of Monterrei (a city in Galicia, Spain), wife of the Viceroy of New Spain Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey, Count of Monterrey, Spain. Salamanca, Guanajuato named after Salamanca, Spain Burgos, Tamaulipas named after Burgos, Spain Linares, Nuevo León named after Linares, Spain Jerez, Zacatecas named after Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Durango, Durango named after Durango, Spain Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas after Laredo, Cantabria, Spain Córdoba, Veracruz after Córdoba, Spain Zaragoza, Veracruz after Zaragoza, Spain Zaragoza, Puebla after Zaragoza, Spain Medellín, Veracruz after Medellín, Spain Compostela, Nayarit after Santiago de Compostela Villahermosa, Tabasco after Villahermosa del Campo, Spain Reynosa, Tamaulipas (La Villa de Reinosa generic changed after independence because the word says [built] as the king) after Reinosa, Cantabria, Spain Madrid, Colima after Madrid, Spain Matamoros, Tamaulipas after Valle de Matamoros, Extremadura, Spain Altamira, Tamaulipas after Altamira, Bilbao, Spain Arandas, Jalisco after Aranda, Aragón, Spain Arandas, Guanajuato after Aranda, Aragón, Spain Guadalcázar, San Luis Potosí after Guadalcázar, Córdoba, Spain Lerma, State of Mexico after Lerma, Castile and León, Spain Lerma, Campeche after Lerma, Castile and León, Spain Candelaria, Campeche after Candelaria, Tenerife Canary Islands, Spain Granada, Yucatán after Granada, Andalusia, Spain Principal areas of settlement The Asturians are a very large community that has a long history in Mexico, dating from colonial times to the present. There are about 42,000 people of Asturian birth in Mexico. The Catalans are also very numerous in Mexico. According to sources from the Catalan community, there are approximately 12,000 Catalan-born around the country.. There are also as many as 8,500 Basques, 6,000 Galicians, and 1,600 Canary Islanders. The largest population of Spanish descent are located in Mexico Valley, Puebla-Veracruz region, Bajío region, Guadalajara Valley, Altos de Jalisco, Northern region and Riviera Maya, where they make up the largest proportion of the Spanish population. Large populations are found in the states