Gibraltar
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Location of  Gibraltar  (dark green) – on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)
Map of Gibraltar
Status	British Overseas Territory
Capital	Gibraltar 36°8′N 5°21′W / 36.133°N 5.350°W / 36.133; -5.350
Official languages	English
English Spanish Llanito
Ethnic groups	Gibraltarian other British Maghrebis South Asians
Demonym(s)	Gibraltarian Llanito (colloquial)
Government	Representative democratic parliamentary dependency under constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Felipe VI
• Governor	Sir David Steel
• Chief Minister	Fabian Picardo
• Mayor	John Gonçalves
• UK government minister	Wendy Morton MP
Legislature	Parliament
Formation
• Captured	4 August 1704
• Ceded	11 April 1713
• National Day	10 September 1967
• Joined the EEC	1 January 1973
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
• Water (%)	0
Population
• 2015 estimate	32,194 (222nd)
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (5th)
GDP (PPP)	2013 estimate
• Total	£1.64 billion
• Per capita	£50,941 (n/a)
HDI (2015)	0.961 very high · 5th
Currency	Gibraltar pound (£) (GIP)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+350
ISO 3166 code	GI
Internet TLD	.gi
Of mixed Genoese, Maltese, Portuguese and Spanish descent.   Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibility for Europe and the Americas.   As a Special Member State territory of the United Kingdom.   Coins and sterling notes are issued by the Government of Gibraltar.   Unlike all other UK dependencies except the British Indian Ocean Territory, since 16 June 1929.   9567 from Spain before 10 February 2007.   The .eu domain is also used, shared with other European Union member states. UK Postcode: GX11 1AA

The Rock of Gibraltar, West Side town area, 2006

Gibraltar is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. This means it shares the British King or Queen and has the protection of the British Armed Forces. It is in southwest Europe on the Mediterranean Sea. About 32,000 people live there. They are called Gibraltarians.

Gibraltar has always been important as a military base because this is where the Mediterranean Sea narrows to only 14 kilometres (9 miles) at the Strait of Gibraltar. This meant that whichever country controlled Gibraltar could see all ships that came into the Mediterranean Sea.