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Gibraltar is little more than a rocky out crop, the home of the famous Barbary apes that frequent the ‘Rock’. It is a self-governing British colony, situated on a small, narrow peninsula at the southern edge of Spain. Claimed by the British in 1713, today it is an important air base for British Forces, also including a major Naval Base. | Gibraltar is little more than a rocky out crop, the home of the famous Barbary apes that frequent the ‘Rock’. It is a self-governing British colony, situated on a small, narrow peninsula at the southern edge of Spain. Claimed by the British in 1713, today it is an important air base for British Forces, also including a major Naval Base. | ||
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Revision as of 08:00, 20 September 2022
Gibraltar is little more than a rocky out crop, the home of the famous Barbary apes that frequent the ‘Rock’. It is a self-governing British colony, situated on a small, narrow peninsula at the southern edge of Spain. Claimed by the British in 1713, today it is an important air base for British Forces, also including a major Naval Base.
Resources
- Gibraltar Archives
- Gibraltar Genealogy
- Trafalgar Cemetery
- Chronicle Newspaper
- History of Gibraltar
- Census - 1777, 1791 & 1878
Register Office
Civil Status and Registration Office
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
Joshua Hassan House
3 Secretary's Lane
Gibraltar
Tel: 00 350 51725
Fax: 00 350 42706
Email:csro@gibnynex.gi
Website address: www.gibraltar.gov.gi
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