Gibraltar

Gibraltar (Inglis pronunciation: /dʒɨˈbrɒltəɹ/;Spaingie pronunciation: [xiβɾalˈtaɾ]) 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 6.8 square kilometre (2.6 sq mi) 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.^[8]

Gibraltar
Banner Coat o airms
Motto: "Montis Insignia Calpe" (Laitin) "Badge o the Rock o Gibraltar"[1]
Anthem: "God Save the King" (offeecial) "Gibraltar Anthem" (local)[2]
Location o  Gibraltar  (daurk green) – on the European continent  (green & daurk grey) – in the European Union  (green)
Map o Gibraltar
Status	Breetish Owerseas Territory
Caipital	Gibraltar 36°8′N 5°21′W
Lairgest district (by population)	Westside
Offeecial leids	Inglis
Spoken leids	Inglis Spaingie Llanito
Ethnic groups	Gibraltarian[a] Breetish Maghrebis South Asian
Demonym(s)	Gibraltarian Llanito (colloquial)
Govrenment	Representative democratic pairlamentar dependency unner constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Charles III
• Govrenor	Sir David Steel
• Chief Meenister	Fabian Picardo
• Mayor	John Gonçalves
• UK government minister[b]	Wendy Morton MP
Legislatur	Pairlament
Formation
• Capturt	4 August 1704[3]
• Cedit	11 Apryle 1713[4]
• Naitional Day	10 September 1967
• Jynt the EEC	1 Januar 1973[c]
Aurie
• Total	6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
• Water (%)	0
Population
• 2015 estimate	32,194[5] (222nt)
• Density	4,328/km2 (11,209.5/sq mi) (5t)
GDP (PPP)	2013 estimate
• Total	£1.64 billion
• Per capita	£50,941 (n/a)
HDI (2015)	0.961[6] verra heich · 5th
Currency	Gibraltar poond (£)[d] (GIP)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Drivin side	right[e]
Cawin code	+350[f]
ISO 3166 code	GI
Internet TLD	.gi[g]
^ O mixed Genoese, Maltese, Portuguese an Spaingie strynd. ^ Meenister o State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wi responsibility for Europe an the Americaes. ^ As a Special Member State territory o the Unitit Kinrick. ^ Cunyies an sterling notes are issued bi the Govrenment o Gibraltar. ^ Unlik aw ither UK dependencies except the Breetish Indie Ocean Territory, syne 16 Juin 1929. ^ 9567 frae Spain before 10 Februar 2007. ^ The .eu domain is an aw uised, shared wi ither European Union member states. UK Postcode: GX11 1AA[7]

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.^[9][10]

The sovereignty o Gibraltar is a major pynt o contention in Anglo-Spaingie relations as Spain asserts a claim tae the territory.^[10] 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."^[11] 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