Gibraltar

Gibraltar (;) is a wee Breetish owerseas territory locatit on the soothren end o the Iberie Peninsulae at the entrance o the Mediterranean. It haes an aurie o  an a northren border wi Andalusie, Spain. The Rock o Gibraltar is the major laundmerk o the region. At its fuit is the densely populatit ceety aurie, hame tae amaist 30,000 Gibraltarians an ither naitionalities.The civilian population includes Gibraltarian residents, other British residents (including the wives and families of UK-based servicemen, but not the servicemen themselves) and non-British residents. Visitors and transients are not included.  In 2009, this broke down into 23,907 native born, 3,129 UK British, 2,395 Other for a total population of 29,431.  On census night there were 31,623 people present in Gibraltar.

An Anglo-Dutch force captured Gibraltar frae Spain in 1704 durin the War o the Spaingie Succession. The territory wis subsequently cedit tae Breetain "in perpetuity" unner the Treaty o Utrecht in 1713.  It wis an important base for the Ryal Navy; the day its economy is based lairgely on tourism, financial services, an shippin.Country Profiles: Gibraltar, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 6 May 2010; retrieved 15 May 2010Informe sobre la cuestión de Gibraltar, Spanish Foreign Ministry 

The sovereignty o Gibraltar is a major pynt o contention in Anglo-Spaingie relations as Spain asserts a claim tae the territory.  Gibraltarians rejectit proposals for Spainyie sovereignty in a 1967 referendum an again in 2002. Unner the Gibraltar constitution o 2006, Gibraltar govrens its awn affairs, tho some pouers, such as defence an foreign relations, remain the responsibility o the UK Govrenment.

Etymologie
The name Gibraltar is the Spaingie derivation o the Arabic name Jabal-ı Tārık (جبل طارق), meanin "muntain o Tariq." It refers tae the geological formation, the Rock o Gibraltar, which in turn wis namit efter the Berber Umayyad general Tariq ibn-Ziyad who led the initial incursion intae Iberie in advance o the main Moorish force in 711 unner the command o Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I. Earlier, it wis kent as Mons Calpe, ane o the Pillars of Hercules. 
The day, Gibraltar is colloquially referred tae as Gib or the Rock.

Toun twinnins
Current
Ballymena, Northren Ireland, Unitit Kinrick (2006).
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (2009)

See an aw
Gibraltarian fowk

References

Freemit airtins
Interactive Map o Gibraltar 
Gibraltar.com – Complete information portal for Gibraltar
Govrenment o Gibraltar


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