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[[Image:Gibraltar map.png|thumb|200px|Map of Gibraltar]].'''Gibraltar''' is a British Crown Colony comprising a rocky peninsula attached to the southern coast of [[Spain]], which was ceded to [[Great Britain]] by Spain under the [[Treaty of Utrecht]] in 1713. Since then it has provided Britain with an important [[Royal Navy|naval]] and military base controlling the western entrance to the [[Mediterranean Sea]] through the [[Strait of Gibraltar]].
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[[Image:Gibraltar map.png|thumb|200px|Map of Gibraltar]]
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'''Gibraltar''' is an overseas territory of the [[United Kingdom]] comprising a rocky peninsula attached to the southern coast of [[Spain]], which was ceded to [[Great Britain]] by Spain under the [[Treaty of Utrecht]] in 1713. Since then it has provided Britain with an important [[Royal Navy|naval]] and military base controlling the western entrance to the [[Mediterranean Sea]] through the [[Strait of Gibraltar]].
    
Gibraltar is dominated by the huge [[Rock of Gibraltar]], which is honeycombed with bombproof tunnels; the rock is inhabited by the famous Barbary Apes. It is believed that Britain will hold Gibraltar as long as the apes roam the rock.
 
Gibraltar is dominated by the huge [[Rock of Gibraltar]], which is honeycombed with bombproof tunnels; the rock is inhabited by the famous Barbary Apes. It is believed that Britain will hold Gibraltar as long as the apes roam the rock.
    
[[category:geography]]
 
[[category:geography]]
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