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    Gibraltar is a British territory located on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula that has been a source of contention between Spain and Britain for centuries. The document provides background information on Gibraltar's population, area, and status as one of 14 British Overseas Territories. It then chronicles the long history of disputes over sovereignty from the War of Spanish Succession in the early 1700s to the border closure by Spain in 1969-1982. The potential consequences of Brexit on Gibraltar's status are also discussed.

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    Gibraltar is a British territory located on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula that has been a source of contention between Spain and Britain for centuries. The document provides background information on Gibraltar's population, area, and status as one of 14 British Overseas Territories. It then chronicles the long history of disputes over sovereignty from the War of Spanish Succession in the early 1700s to the border closure by Spain in 1969-1982. The potential consequences of Brexit on Gibraltar's status are also discussed.

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    GIBRALTAR

    THE BONE OF CONTENTION


    BETWEEN SPAIN AND BRITAIN

    GENERAL INFORMATION

    POLITICAL POPULATION AND ETHNIC


    SITUATION DIVERSITY
    33,700 PEOPLE
    British
    Spanish
    One of 14 Overseas British Genoese

    Territories (OBT) Italian


    Portuguese
    External relations and security are
    Maltese
    managed by Britain Other
    0 10 20 30

    THE ROCK OF
    AREA LANGUAGES
    GIBRALTAR
    6.7 KM2
    5 KM long
    1.2 KM wide

    BRITAIN VS. SPAIN:


    CHRONOLOGY

    1700 Death of Charles II, the last Habsburg king of Spain 1713 Treaty of Utrecht: Philip V cedes Gibraltar, Minorca,
    Hudson Bay, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to Britain
    1701 Beginning of the War of Spanish Sucession
    1713-14 End of the War of Spanish Sucession
    1704 Anglo-Dutch forces seize Gibraltar and Minorca
    1727 Second Siege of Gibraltar by Spain
    1704 First Siege of Gibraltar by Spain
    1779-83 Great Siege of Gibraltar by Spain and France
    1711 Karl VI becomes emperor of the Holy Roman Empire:
    Great Alliance collapsed 1969-82 Gibraltar - Spain border closure
    2002 Gibraltar sovereignity referendum

    GIBRALTAR AND BREXIT REFERENCES

    Carbajosa, A. (2015). Why Gibraltar's Llanito dialect is rapidly dying out? El


    Brexit referendum: 99% of Gibraltarians decided to remain EU País. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2ol2uPo
    Possible consequences: Nayler, M. (2017). Why is Gibraltar British, not Spanish? Culture Trip. Retrieved
    from https://bit.ly/2xt8QyS

    Ortega, M. (2013). Gibraltar y el Tratado de Utrecht. Real Instituto Elcano.


    Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2onesrI

    Rodríguez, V. (n.d.). Gibraltar. Encyclopaedia Britannica.


    Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/place/Gibraltar
    Starkey, M. (2011). War of the Spanish Sucession (1701-1714).
    The Encyclopedia of War.

    MIGUEL ÁNGEL FUERTE


    CIVILIZATION I

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