| Campo de Gibraltar | |||
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| Country |  Spain |
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| Autonomous community | Andalusia | ||
| Province | Cádiz | ||
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| Area | |||
| - Total | 1,529 km2 (590.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| - Total | 253,717 | ||
| - Density | 165.9/km2 (429.8/sq mi) | ||
| - Demonym | campogibraltareño | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
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| Largest municipality | Algeciras | ||
The comarca of the Campo de Gibraltar is one of six traditional and tourist subdivisions of the province of Cádiz, Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, the southernmost part of continental Western Europe. It comprises the municipalities of Algeciras, La Línea de la Concepción, San Roque, Los Barrios, Castellar de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera and Tarifa.
Its name (literally the Gibraltar Countryside) comes from the municipal term of the town of Gibraltar, now a British Overseas Territory. Until 1704, the Campo de Gibraltar was simply the term for the municipality of Gibraltar, about 500 km2 corresponding approximately to the current municipalities of Algeciras, San Roque, Los Barrios and La Línea de la Concepción. Following the capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch troops in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession and its subsequent cession, in 1713, to Great Britain, the former inhabitants of Gibraltar settled down permanently and the first villages were created: Algeciras, San Roque, and Los Barrios, still for many years officially termed the municipality of Gibraltar. In 1759, each of them was established as a different municipality.[1]
A Spanish comarca may be roughly the equivalent of a county in the USA or Canada, a county in the United Kingdom, or a Landkreis in Germany, though without any administrative relevance.
The Campo de Gibraltar comarca is integrated by the following municipalities:
| Municipality | Area km² |
Population 2005 |
location |
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| Algeciras | 86 | 111.283 | Bay of Gibraltar |
| La Línea de la Concepción | 26 | 62.682 | Bay of Gibraltar Mediterranean coast |
| San Roque | 140 | 25.548 | Interior - Bay of Gibraltar Mediterranean coast |
| Los Barrios | 332 | 20.119 | Interior Los Alcornocales Natural Park Bay of Gibraltar |
| Castellar de la Frontera | 179 | 2.874 | Interior Los Alcornocales Natural Park |
| Jimena de la Frontera | 347 | 9.754 | Interior Los Alcornocales Natural Park |
| Tarifa | 419 | 17.199 | Atlantic coast Los Alcornocales Natural Park |
| Campo de Gibraltar | 1.529 | 249.459 |
(Source: SISTEMA DE INFORMACIÓN MULTITERRITORIAL DE ANDALUCIA.IEA. 2005)
References
- ^ Manuel Álvarez Vázquez (April 2004). "La pérdida de Gibraltar y el nacimiento de la nueva población de Los Barrios". Almoraima. Revista de Estudios Campogibraltareños (34): 51-66. http://www.mancomunidadcg.es/iecg/doc/revistas/Almoraima%2034.pdf.
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