Gibraltar

Gibraltar
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Montis Insignia Calpe" (Latin) "Badge of the Rock of Gibraltar"[1]
Anthem: "God Save the King" (official) "Gibraltar Anthem" (local)[2]
Location of  Gibraltar  (dark green) – on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)
Map of Gibraltar
Status	British Overseas Territory
Capital	Gibraltar 36°8′N 5°21′W / 36.133°N 5.350°W / 36.133; -5.350
Largest district (by population)	Westside
Official languages	English
Spoken languages	English Spanish Llanito
Ethnic groups	Gibraltarian[a] other British Maghrebis South Asians
Demonym(s)	Gibraltarian Llanito (colloquial)
Government	Representative democratic parliamentary dependency under constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Charles III
• Governor	Sir David Steel
• Chief Minister	Fabian Picardo
• Mayor	John Gonçalves
• UK government minister[b]	Wendy Morton MP
Legislature	Parliament
Formation
• Captured	4 August 1704[3]
• Ceded	11 April 1713[4]
• National Day	10 September 1967
• Joined the EEC	1 January 1973[c]
Area
• Total	6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
• Water (%)	0
Population
• 2015 estimate	32,194[5] (222nd)
• Density	4,328/km2 (11,209.5/sq mi) (5th)
GDP (PPP)	2013 estimate
• Total	£1.64 billion
• Per capita	£50,941 (n/a)
HDI (2015)	0.961[6] very high · 5th
Currency	Gibraltar pound (£)[d] (GIP)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right[e]
Calling code	+350[f]
ISO 3166 code	GI
Internet TLD	.gi[g]
^ Of mixed Genoese, Maltese, Portuguese and Spanish descent. ^ Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibility for Europe and the Americas. ^ As a Special Member State territory of the United Kingdom. ^ Coins and sterling notes are issued by the Government of Gibraltar. ^ Unlike all other UK dependencies except the British Indian Ocean Territory, since 16 June 1929. ^ 9567 from Spain before 10 February 2007. ^ The .eu domain is also used, shared with other European Union member states. UK Postcode: GX11 1AA[7]

Gibraltar is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. This means it shares the British King and has the protection of the British Armed Forces. It is in southwest Europe on the Mediterranean Sea. About 32,000 people live there. They are called Gibraltarians.

Gibraltar has always been important as a military base because this is where the Mediterranean Sea narrows to only 14 kilometres (9 miles) at the Strait of Gibraltar. This meant that whichever country controlled Gibraltar could see all ships that came into the Mediterranean Sea.

Gibraltar is most famous for The Rock of Gibraltar, a 426 meter high limestone rock rising out of the sea. The rock can be seen for many miles. It is home to the Barbary Apes, a type of tail-less macaque which are the only wild monkeys in Europe.

1. ↑ "National Symbols". Gibraltar.gov.gi. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
2. ↑ "Gibraltar: National anthem". CIA World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2011. National anthem: name: "Gibraltar Anthem" ... note: adopted 1994; serves as a local anthem; because Gibraltar is a territory of the United Kingdom, "God Save the King" remains official (see United Kingdom)
3. ↑ Gibraltar was captured on 24 July 1704 Old Style or 4 August 1704 New Style.
4. ↑ The treaty was signed on 31 March 1713 Old Style or 11 April 1713 New Style (Peace and Friendship Treaty of Utrecht between France and Great Britain).
5. ↑ "Census of Gibraltar" (PDF). Gibraltar.gov.gi. 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
6. ↑ Avakov, Alexander V. (2015). Quality of Life, Balance of Power, and Nuclear Weapons (2015): A Statistical Yearbook for Statesmen and Citizens. Algora Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-62894-128-9.
7. ↑ "Universal Postal Union document on Gibraltar" (PDF). Upu.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2017.