Gibraltar

Gibraltar - a seaport in the south of Iberian peninsula, at strait of Gibraltar, possession of the Great Britain, its naval and military-air baseline. Gibraltar represents a rock in altitude of 425 m which is bridged to Iberian peninsula a narrow sandy isthmus. The city and port are on the western slope of a rock paid to a fake Algeciras. The square of Gibraltar - 6,5 km ², a population - 29,1 thousand persons (about 6 thousand persons daily arrives to Gibraltar on job from the next Spanish city of La-Linea).

In 711 year Arabs have based on a rock strong hold Dzhebel-at-Tarik (mount Tarika) by name Arabian conqueror Tarika Ibn Seida. Later this name has been distorted, and the strong hold began to be called as Gibraltar. In 1462 Gibraltar has been captureed by Spaniards, and in 1704, having suffered a lesion from Englishmen, Spain has been forced to concede Gibraltar to the British corona.

Gibraltartsy - offsprings of Spaniards, genoeses, Portugueses, Moroccans. The official language of Gibraltar - English, but almost all population dvujazychno - possesses both English, and Spanish tongues. Approximately for half of population the native language is English, and for the second half - Spanish.

Gibraltar is not only major military and trading port on an entry to Mediterranean sea, but also the tourist centre. Tourists are involved also with a picturesque aspect of the Gibraltar rock, and the ancient strong hold time and again passing from the arm in the arm during numerous wars, and sea tour. Last years Gibraltar becomes one of the recognised centres of sailing.