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GIBRALTAR
Capital | Gibraltar
36°8′N 5°21′W |
Largest district
(by population) | Westside |
Official languages | English |
Spoken languages | * English * Spanish * Llanito |
Ethnic groups | * Gibraltariana * other British * Moroccan * Indian |
Demonym | Gibraltarian |
Government | British overseas territoryb |
- | Monarch | Elizabeth II |
- | Governor | Sir Adrian Johns |
- | Chief Minister | Fabian Picardo |
- | Responsible Minister (UK) | David Lidington MP |
Event Date |
- | Captured | 4 August 1704[3] |
- | Ceded | 11 April 1713[4] |
- | National Day | 10 September |
Area |
- | Total | 6.8 km2 (241st)
2.6 sq mi |
- | Water (%) | 0 |
Population |
- | 2011 estimate | 29,752 (211th) |
- | Density | 4,328/km2 (5th)
11,320/sq mi |
GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
- | Total | £1 billion |
- | Per capita | £27,468 (n/a) |
HDI (2011) | 0.863
very high · 28th |
Currency | Gibraltar pound (£)d(GIP) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
- | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
Drives on the | righte |
Calling code | 350f |
Patron saint | * Bernard of Clairvaux * Our Lady of Europe |
ISO 3166 code | GI |
Internet TLD | .gig |
a. | Of mixed Genoese, Maltese, Portuguese and Spanishdescent. |
b. | Representative democratic parliamentary dependencyunder constitutional monarchy. |
c. | As a Special Member State territory of the United Kingdom. |
d. | Coins and sterling notes are issued by the Government of Gibraltar. |
e. | Unlike all other UK dependencies bar the British Indian Ocean Territory. |
f. | 9567 from Spain before 10 February 2007. |
g. | The .eu domain is also used, shared with other European Union members. |
Gibraltar
City in United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. It has an...