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[[Image:Spain map.jpg|thumb|200px|Gibraltar's location on the Iberian Peninsula]]
[[Image:Spain map.jpg|thumb|200px|Gibraltar's location on the Iberian Peninsula]]
'''Gibraltar''' (''Arb: Jebel Tarik'') is the [[Arab]]ic name for what formerly was known as the '''Pillars of Hercules'''. It is presently a British Overseas Territory of the [[United Kingdom]] comprising a rocky [[peninsula]] attached to the southern coast of [[Spain]]. Captured in 1704, it was ceded to [[Great Britain]] by Spain under Article X of the [[Treaty of Utrecht]] (1713). Since then it has provided Britain with an important [[Royal Navy|naval]] and military base at the western entrance to the [[Mediterranean Sea]] overlooking the [[Strait of Gibraltar]].
'''Gibraltar''' (''Arb: Jebel Tarik'') is the [[Arab]]ic name for what formerly was known in [[Western Civilization]] as the '''Pillars of Hercules'''. It is presently a British Overseas Territory of the [[United Kingdom]] comprising a rocky [[peninsula]] attached to the southern coast of [[Spain]]. Captured in 1704, it was ceded to [[Great Britain]] by Spain under Article X of the [[Treaty of Utrecht]] (1713). Since then it has provided Britain with an important [[Royal Navy|naval]] and military base at the western entrance to the [[Mediterranean Sea]] overlooking the [[Strait of Gibraltar]].
The territory is dominated by the huge Rock of Gibraltar, which is honeycombed with military tunnels. The Rock is inhabited by the famous. Barbary Macaques, the only free ranging monkeys in Europe. Legend has it that Britain will hold Gibraltar as long as these roam the Rock. The Rock itself is 4.4 kilometres long and 1.2 kilometres wide and at its highest point is 419m above sea level.
The territory is dominated by the huge Rock of Gibraltar, which is honeycombed with military tunnels. The Rock is inhabited by the famous. Barbary Macaques, the only free ranging monkeys in Europe. Legend has it that Britain will hold Gibraltar as long as these roam the Rock. The Rock itself is 4.4 kilometres long and 1.2 kilometres wide and at its highest point is 419m above sea level.