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Gibraltar is a UK overseas territory located near the southernmost
tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar.
The territory shares a land border with Spain to the north. Gibraltar
has historically been an important base for the British Armed
Forces and is the site of a British naval base. It is probably
most famous for the geological formation the Rock of Gibraltar.
The name of the territory is derived from the original Arabic
name Jabal Tariq meaning "mountain of Tariq", or from
Gibr al-Tariq, meaning "rock of Tariq"). It refers
to the Berber Umayyad general Tariq ibn-Ziyad, who led the initial
incursion into Iberia in advance of the main Moorish force in
711. Earlier, it was known as Mons Calpe, one of the Pillars
of Hercules. Today, Gibraltar is known colloquially as "Gib" or "the
Rock". |
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