Last update : 8-JAN-2000
(origin of the name : Djebel al-Tariq -- Mountain of Tariq)
Area : 5,86 kmē
Population : 32 000 inhabitants
Languages : Giannito (national); English (official); Spanish (other)
National anthem : God Save the Queen
National feast day : 10th September
Capital : Gibraltar
Political status : Annexed to England in 1713; last colony in Europe
House of Assembly (16-MAY-1996) : 15 members
(8 Gibraltar Social Democrats,
7 Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party)
Independentist movement : the Self-Determination for Gibraltar Group
Regionalist movement : none
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Waiburlin : Stéphane Dohet - 2000