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Gibraltar

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Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar near where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of 6.8 square kilometers and is bordered to the north by Spain, with a landscape dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar and a densely populated town at its foot; the territory is home to around 34,000 people, primarily Gibraltarians.

Facts
Population
34,003 1
Area (sq km)
6.843 1
Founding Year
1704 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
11 1
Latitude
36.14 degrees north 1
Longitude
5.35 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 2
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Source Wikidata: Joshua Hassan

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Source Barbary macaque (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives (2)
Quote, Lead, where it lives (2)
along with a small introduced population in Gibraltar
Sources
1. Gibraltar (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1704-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 34,003 (2020)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 36.14, longitude -5.35
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 11 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 6.843 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 34003 (2020)
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2. GeoNames: Gibraltar - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2411585
    36.14474 -5.35257 P PPLC GI 00 26544 11 Europe/Gibraltar
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 11 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 36.25, -5.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 36.25, -5.25
36.25 -5.25 Csa
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Wikidata: Gibraltar
Wikidata Q1410, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Gibraltar (Wikipedia)
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
  • Part Of: United Kingdom, Lead section
    is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula
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