Campo de Gibraltar

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| native_name_lang = es

| settlement_type = Comarca

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| image_flag = Bandera de la Mancomunidad del Campo de Gibraltar.svg

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| image_shield = Coat of Arms of the Gibraltar Countryside Commonwealth.svg

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| motto = {{Language with name/for|la|Pro Geographia, Historia et Voluntate Conivncti|United by geography, history, and will |break=yes}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Andalusia}}

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Province of Cádiz}}

| seat_type = Capital

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| parts_type = Municipalities

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| p1 = Algeciras, Los Barrios, Castellar de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera, La Línea de la Concepción, San Roque, Tarifa

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| area_total_km2 = 1527.5

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| population_footnotes = Estimate at 1 January 2023: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.

| population_total = 276,335

| population_as_of = 2023

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym = Campogibraltareños

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| blank_name_sec1 = Largest municipality

| blank_info_sec1 = Algeciras

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Campo de Gibraltar ({{IPA|es|ˈkampo ðe xiβɾalˈtaɾ}}) 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, San Martín del Tesorillo and Tarifa.

File:Strait of Gibraltar Cloudless Landsat.png

Its name comes from the municipal territory of the town of Gibraltar, now a British Overseas Territory. Until 1704, the Campo de Gibraltar was simply the territory 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 during the War of the Spanish Succession, the former inhabitants settled nearby creating Algeciras, San Roque, and Los Barrios. In 1759, each of them was established as a different municipality.{{cite journal | date=April 2004 | author=Álvarez Vázquez, Manuel | title=La pérdida de Gibraltar y el nacimiento de la nueva población de Los Barrios | journal=Almoraima. Revista de Estudios Campogibraltareños | issue=34 | pages=51–66 | url=http://www.mancomunidadcg.es/iecg/doc/revistas/Almoraima%2034.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220061108/http://mancomunidadcg.es/IECG/doc/revistas/Almoraima%2034.pdf | archive-date=2009-02-20 }}

Municipalities

The Campo de Gibraltar comarca is composed of the following eight municipalities:

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Arms

! Municipality ||Location|| Area
(km2) || Population
(2023)Estimate at 1 January 2023: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.{{Cite web |title=Cádiz: Population by municipality and sex. (2864) |url=https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=2864&L=1 |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=INE |language=en}}

!Density(/km2)

File:Escudo_de_Algeciras_(Cádiz).svg

|Algeciras

Bay of Gibraltaralign="right" | 85.8align="right" | 123,639

|1,441

File:Escudo_de_los_Barrios.svg

|Los Barrios

Interior
Los Alcornocales Natural Park
Bay of Gibraltar
align="right" | 331.3align="right" | 24,219

|73.1

File:Escudo_de_Castellar_de_la_Frontera.svg

|Castellar de la Frontera

Interior
Los Alcornocales Natural Park
align="right" | 178.8align="right" | 3,020

|16.9

File:Escudo_de_Jimena_de_la_Frontera.svg

|Jimena de la Frontera

Interior
Los Alcornocales Natural Park
align="right" | 297.1align="right" | 6,675

|22.4

File:Escudo_de_La_Linea_de_la_Concepción.svg

|La Línea de la Concepción

Bay of Gibraltar
Mediterranean coast
align="right" | 19.3align="right" | 63,773

|3,304

File:Escudo_de_San_Martín_del_Tesorillo_(Cádiz).svg

|San Martín del Tesorillo

|Interior
Los Alcornocales Natural Park

|align="right" |48.6

|align="right" |2,742

|56.4

File:Escudo_de_San_Roque.svg

|San Roque

Interior - Bay of Gibraltar
Mediterranean coast
align="right" | 146.9align="right" | 33,646

|229

File:Escudo_de_Tarifa.svg

|Tarifa

Atlantic coast
Los Alcornocales Natural Park
align="right" | 419.7align="right" | 18,621

|44.3

|Total align="right" |1,527.5align="right" |276,335

|180.9

Gallery

Vista_Aérea_del_Puerto_de_Algeciras.jpg|Port of Algeciras.

Vistas_de_La_Línea_de_la_Concepción.jpg|La Línea de la Concepción vistas from the Rock of Gibraltar.

Castellar01.jpg|Castellar de la Frontera castle.

Jimena_desde_el_castillo_2.jpg|Jimena de la Frontera view from its castle.

Ruinas_playa_tarifa_(44764528631).jpg|Ruins of the ancient roman town Baelo Claudia.

StraitOfGibraltar.JPG|View of the Strait of Gibraltar, Africa can be seen in the distance.

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