would support one. The figures rose to 31 and 45 percent, respectively, in 2010. A poll conducted by the Spanish University of Salamanca in 2011 found that 39.8% of Spanish respondents and 46.1% of Portuguese respondents supported the creation of the federation between the two countries. 1741 people took part in the poll. Iberist personalities Miguel de Unamuno, Basque philosopher Juan Valera, Spanish writer Emilio Castelar, president of the First Spanish Republic Joan Maragall, Catalan poet Sinibaldo de Mas. Catalan diplomat for the Spanish government Francesc Pi i Margall, president of the First Spanish Republic José Saramago, Portuguese Nobel Prize in Literature Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Galician nationalist Mas i Sans proposed that the federal or confederate capital city of Iberia be established at Santarém, Ribatejo, Portugal, but the capital city of the Diocesis Hispaniarum, created by the Roman Emperor Diocletianus in 287 was Emerita Augusta (modern Mérida), in Spanish Extremadura. See also Iberian Union Federación Anarquista Ibérica – federation with the purpose of unifying Spanish and Portuguese anarchists in a pan-Iberian organization Reintegrationism – the unification or approximation of Portuguese and Galician which would separate from Castilian influence The Stone Raft – a book by Portuguese author José Saramago in which the Iberian Peninsula splits off the European continent and floats in the Atlantic Ocean Portuguese-Spanish relations Latin American integration – economic and political integration of Spain's and Portugal's former American colonies Notes References Rocamora, Jose Antonio. El nacionalismo ibérico: 1732–1936. Publicaciones Universidad de Valladolid. Cabero Diéguez, Valentín. Iberismo y cooperación: pasado y futuro de la península ibérica. Publicaciones universidad de Salamanca. The corresponding article in the Spanish Wikipedia, Retrieved on 30 September 2006. External links Center of Iberian Studies. Forum of iberian union: iberistas en contacto. Federalism in Portugal Federalism in Spain Iberian Peninsula Pan-nationalism Pan-Iberism Political movements in Portugal Political movements in Spain Portugal–Spain relations