2003 pilgrims

[Rosina Lila]

Hello you all,
       About 5,600 more pilgrims were awarded the Compostela in 2003,
(74,614), than in 2002 (68,952).
       69,491 of the pilgrims stated a religious motive for their pilgrimage
and 5,123 declared an educational/cultural reason.
       Slightly over 40% of the pilgrims were women and the rest were men.
       6,844 of the pilgrims were over 60 years old, 38,975 were between 30
and 60 years of age, 28,730 were under 30 years old and 65 declined to reveal
their age.
       60,721 walked, 13,624 rode bicycles, 266 rode horses and 3 went by
wheel chair.
       Almost 60% of the pilgrims, 44,430, were from Spain. the rest, 30,184,
came from other countries.
       The largest number of foreign pilgrims, 5,967, hailed from Germany,
followed by 5,157 from France, 4,210 form Italy, 1,658 from Portugal, 1,512 from
the United States, 1,252 from Holland, 1,223 from the UK, 1,220 from Austria,
1,155 from Belgium 1,029 from our dear neighbor Canada, 1,003 from the Nordic
countries (?), 999 from Brasil and the rest, in diminishing numbers, from 83
different countries including  Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Palestine,
Japan, Korea, Moldavia, the Ukraine, China, Russia and many others  that
represented a total of 95 foreign countries.
       10,300 pilgrims commenced their pilgrimage in Sarria, 7,761 in
Roncesvalles, 7,670 in SJPP, 6,258 in O Cebreiro (including me!!), 5,485 in Leon,
5,442 in Ponferrada, 4,805 in Astorga, 2,680 in Pamplona, 2,228 in Burgos, 2,183
in Villafranca and the rest at various points all 100 or more qualifying
kilometers  away from Santiago.
       (Two of the three pilgrims on wheelchair came from Roncesvalles and
one from Sarria)
       The favored route was the French  Way, followed by 65,829 pilgrims,
followed by the Portuguese Way with 3,612 pilgrims, the Northern Way with 3,068
pilgrims, the Silver Way with 1,845 pilgrims,  the English Way with 260
pilgrims and the rest, in smaller numbers, walked some of the other routes,
including the Primitive Way.

Again, these numbers represent only those pilgrims that requested, and
received the Compostela, not, in the least, all of the pilgrims that may have been
on the Camino during the year.

Warm regards,

Rosina


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