What is the area of Gibraltar?

The area of Gibraltar is 5.8 square kilometers.

Gibraltar

Gibraltar

British colony at the southern tip of Iberian Peninsula in Europe. It covers an area of 5.8 square kilometers and has a population of about 30,000 (excluding the British garrison), including about 20,000 Gibraltarians (descendants of Italy, Malta and Spain), about 5,000 British, about 3,000 Moroccan, and Indians, Portuguese, Pakistanis and Spaniards. Most residents believe in Catholicism. Common Spanish and English.

Located on the narrow peninsula along the Mediterranean coast at the southern tip of Iberian Peninsula, it is connected with Gibraltar in southern Spain by isthmus, and is close to the Strait of Gibraltar, which is of great strategic importance.

In the 8th century AD, Arabs landed from Gibraltar when they invaded the Iberian Peninsula. It was not recovered by the Spanish until 14 10, and was formally incorporated into its territory in 150 1 year. From 65438 to 0909, Britain built military bases and fences in the neutral zone between Gibraltar and Spain, forming the present border. However, Spain never gave up its demand for the recovery of Gibraltar. After World War II, Spain stepped up its recovery activities. A referendum was held in Gibraltar from 65438 to 0967, and most local residents agreed that Gibraltar would continue to belong to Britain. The UN General Assembly passed a resolution, pointing out that the referendum violated UN resolutions and urged Britain and Spain to negotiate. 1969, the parliament of Gibraltar adopted a new constitution, declaring that Gibraltar "is a part of Britain" and "Gibraltar should not be handed over to other countries without a referendum that fully expresses public opinion". In the same year, Spain closed road traffic to Gibraltar, evacuated workers working in Gibraltar, cut off communications with Gibraltar and prohibited British aircraft from flying over Spanish airspace.

1982 After the Spanish Workers' Socialist Party came to power, Britain and Spain took some measures to improve their relations. In June, 1984, 1 1, the British side accepted for the first time to start negotiations on various issues including Gibraltar's sovereignty. 1In February 1985, the Spanish government announced the opening of Gibraltar's borders and land and sea passages, while Britain announced that it would give Spaniards the right to work, live and buy real estate in Gibraltar. 1987 12. The British and Spanish governments reached an agreement on the use of Gibraltar airport. The Spanish Foreign Minister believes that this is an important step in the process of Spain's restoration of sovereignty over Spain. Due to the disagreement of the Gibraltar authorities, the above agreement has not yet been implemented. On March 6th, 2008, Britain withdrew its last battalion stationed in Zhi Zhi. The question of Gibraltar's ownership has not been resolved so far.