("Unredeemed Galicia") or ("Outer" or "External Galicia"), also spelled as and and also known as or ("Eastern Strip"), is a term used for all Galician-speaking territories located outside of Galicia. These are all located in Spain, in either Asturias or Castile and León. These territories are sometimes divided into three subregions: El Bierzo ( in Galician), Eo-Navia ( in Galician) and As Portelas (or Upper Sanabria, or in Galician).
There have been several attempts from these territories to join Galicia. An example is Porto de Sanabria, a small village where, in 2018, a vote was organized to join to the region due to the lack of response from the government of Castile and León to requests from locals to fix a road. In total, 202 people voted in favor, 19 against and 6 did a blank vote. However, this vote did not intend any official change and was only made to know the inhabitants' opinion.
Another example was El Bierzo, a comarca where more people prefer to join Galicia than stay in Castile and León. People have proposed turning it into a new province of Spain and joining it into Galicia. This initiative became more serious when a request was sent in 2021 to the Xunta de Galicia, asking to recognize El Bierzo as a new province of Galicia. This proposal was rejected by the Spanish prominent parties PP and PSOE.