What country controls Strait of Gibraltar?

Answer 1

e Strait of Gibraltar (Arabic Arabic language
Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages such as Hebrew and the Neo-Aramaic languages. In terms of speakers, the Arabic macrolanguage is the largest member of the Semitic language family. It is spoken by more than 280 million people as...

: مضيق جبل طارق, Spanish Spanish language
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: Estrecho de Gibraltar) is a narrow strait Strait
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that connects the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean
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to the Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea
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and separates Spain Spain
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from Morocco Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 32 million and an area just under . Its capital is Rabat, and its largest city is Casablanca. Morocco has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the...

. The name comes from Gibraltar Rock of Gibraltar
The Rock of Gibraltar is a monolithic limestone promontory located in Gibraltar, off the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. It is 426 metres high. The Rock is Crown property of the United Kingdom, and borders Spain...

, which in turn originates from the Arabic Arabic language
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Jebel Tariq (meaning "Tariq's mountain"), albeit the Arab name for the Strait is Bab el-Zakat or "Gate of Charity". It is also erroneously known as the Straits of Gibraltar, or STROG (Strait Of Gibraltar), in naval Navy
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use and as "Pillars of Hercules Pillars of Hercules
The Pillars of Hercules was the phrase that was applied in Antiquity to the promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. The northern Pillar is the Rock of Gibraltar in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar...

" (Greek Greek language
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: Ηράκλειες Στήλες) in the ancient world.

Europe and Africa are separated by 14.24 km (7.7 nautical mile Nautical mile
The nautical mile is a unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian....

s) of ocean at the strait's narrowest point.

Answer 2

The Strait of Gibraltar mostly encompasses the territorial waters of Spain, Morocco, and the United Kingdom.

The British claim for the strait is based on their administration of the territory of Gibraltar. The sovereignty of Gibraltar is disputed by Spain, however, thereby also placing the UK's claim to the strait under dispute.

Answer 3

United Kingdom
It is an international waterway.

Answer 4

England