About Gibraltar

About Gibraltar Gibraltar Flag

Gibraltar (English: Gibraltar) is a British overseas territory. It is located near the southernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula in the Strait of Gibraltar. The overall area is approximately 6.5 square kilometers. To the north it borders with Spain. And has a population of approximately 33,000 people. The most famous places of Gibraltar are Rock of Gibraltar, one of the most geologically important places on the planet.

Gibraltar was originally a territory of the Kingdom of Spain. Until the year 1704, while the War of the Spanish Succession. British Kingdom And the Dutch Republic Has taken the territory of Gibraltar from Spain It was used as an important victory in the Mediterranean Sea. Later, after the Utrecht treaty to end the war. Make gibraltar It has been an overseas territory of the United Kingdom since 1713 onwards, during the Second World War, Gibraltar was an important base for the British Navy. To control access to and from the Mediterranean Sea