sentences:  El Centro Asturiano was founded by immigrants from Asturias, a province of northern Spain, who split from the Centro Español and formed a Tampa branch of El Centro Asturiano Club of Havana.However, unlike the other clubs, membership was soon opened to all people of Latin descent who wanted to join.Because of this and the fact that the club built a well-respected hospital, it consistently had the largest membership of all the clubs.