Gibraltar (/dʒɪˈbrɔːltər/ jih-BRAWL-tər, Spanish: [xiβɾalˈtaɾ]) is a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.[5][6] It has an area of 6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi) and is bordered to the north by Spain. The landscape is dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar at the foot of which is a densely populated town area, home to over 32,000 people, primarily Gibraltarians
In 1704, Anglo-Dutch forces captured Gibraltar from Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession on behalf of the Habsburg claim to the Spanish throne. The territory was ceded to Great Britain in perpetuity under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. During the Napoleonic Wars and World War II it was an important base for the Royal Navy as it controlled the entrance and exit to the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar, which is only 14.3 km (8.9 mi) wide at this naval choke point. It remains strategically important, with half the world's seaborne trade passing through the strait.Today Gibraltar's economy is based largely on tourism, online gambling, financial services and bunkering.
The sovereignty of Gibraltar is a point of contention in Anglo-Spanish relations because Spain asserts a claim to the territory.[15][12] Gibraltarians rejected proposals for Spanish sovereignty in a 1967 referendum and, in a 2002 referendum, the idea of shared sovereignty was also rejected.
On 31 January 2020, the UK and Gibraltar left the European unx. In December 2020, the UK and Spain agreed in principle to a basis on which the UK and the EU might negotiate terms for Gibraltar to participate in aspects of the Schengen Agreement

直布罗陀是位于伊比利亚半岛南端的英国海外领土。 ]它的面积为6.7平方公里(2.6平方英里),北面与西班牙接壤。风景以直布罗陀巨岩(海格力斯之柱)为主,直布罗陀山山脚下是一个人口稠密的城镇地区,居住着32000多人,主要是直布罗陀人。
1704年,英荷联军在西班牙王位继承战争期间,代表哈布斯堡王朝夺取了西班牙的直布罗陀王权。根据1713年的乌德勒支和约,这块领土被永久割让给大不列颠。
在拿破仑战争和第二次世界大战期间,它是英国皇家海军的一个重要基地,因为它控制着地中海的直布罗陀海峡进出口,直布罗陀海峡这个海军的咽喉之地只有14.3公里(8.9英里)宽。它仍然具有重要的战略意义,世界一半的海运贸易都要经过这海峡。今天,直布罗陀的经济主要依靠旅游业、在线赌博,金融服务以及加油服务。
直布罗陀的主权是英西关系中的一个争议点,因为西班牙声称对该领土拥有主权。直布罗陀人在1967年的全民公决中拒绝了西班牙主权的提议,在2002年的直布罗陀全民公决中,共同主权的想法也被拒绝(指西班牙与英国共享领土主权)。
2020年1月31日,英国和直布罗陀退出欧盟。2020年12月,英国和西班牙达成了某个共识,在此基础上,英国和欧盟可以就直布罗陀参与申根协定的条款进行谈判。
(译注:申根协定(Schengen Agreement),1985年6月14日,德国、法国、荷兰、比利时和卢森堡五国在卢森堡边境小镇申根签署了《关于逐步取消共同边界检查》协定(又称《申根协定》),其宗旨意在取消各成员国之间边境,自由通行,无限期居住,现共有成员国26个。)

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