General Information about Gibraltar
Covering just 6.5 sq kilometres, Gibraltar is a tiny place and is not, contrary to what many people believe, an island but an peninsula. Its land border with Spain is at La Linea and it is possible to walk over the border and see Gibraltar while leaving your car parked in Spain!
The population is a mix of native Gibraltarians, British, Moroccans, Indians and Spanish, and of course the famous apes, which live in a semi-wild state around the "the Rock", as the steep rocky summit which occupies most of the peninsula is called.
General Information about Gibraltar
Capital: Gibraltar
Official language: English
Population: About 28,000
Currency: Gibraltar pound (GIP)
Calling code: +350
Although situated at the almost the southernmost tip of Spain, Gibraltar is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, and is quite English in character - except of course for the weather!
Climate
Gibraltar has a typical Mediterranean climate, with very hot and sunny summers and mild winters.
Religion
Just over 75% of the population are Roman Catholic, with the Church of England, Muslim and Jewish communities the next most numerous.