Campo de Gibraltar

Campo de Gibraltar
Comarca
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: PRO GEOGRAPHIA, HISTORIA ET VOLUNTATE CONIVNCTI (Latin for "United by geography, history, and will")
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Andalusia Andalusia
Province	Cádiz
Municipalities	List Algeciras, Los Barrios, Castellar de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera, La Línea de la Concepción, San Roque, Tarifa
Area
• Total	1,529 km^2 (590 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	263,739
• Density	170/km^2 (450/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Campogibraltareños
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Largest municipality	Algeciras

Campo de Gibraltar (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkampo ðe xiβɾalˈtar], "Gibraltar Countryside") is a comarca (county) in the province of Cádiz, Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, the southernmost part of mainland 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 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]

The Campo de Gibraltar comarca is integrated by the following municipalities:

Municipality	Area (km²)	Population (2008)	Location
Algeciras	86	115,333	Bay of Gibraltar
La Línea de la Concepción	26	64,240	Bay of Gibraltar Mediterranean coast
San Roque	140	28,563	Interior - Bay of Gibraltar Mediterranean coast
Los Barrios	332	21,977	Interior Los Alcornocales Natural Park Bay of Gibraltar
Castellar de la Frontera	179	3,109	Interior Los Alcornocales Natural Park
Jimena de la Frontera	347	10,330	Interior Los Alcornocales Natural Park
Tarifa	419	17.793	Atlantic coast Los Alcornocales Natural Park
Total	1,529	261,345

References

1. Manuel Álvarez Vázquez (April 2004). "La pérdida de Gibraltar y el nacimiento de la nueva población de Los Barrios" (PDF). Almoraima. Revista de Estudios Campogibraltareños (34): 51–66.

External links

• Mancomunidad de Municipios del Campo de Gibraltar

Coordinates: 36°08′N 5°27′W / 36.133°N 5.450°W