ritory of the UK)
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 6.5 km2; land area: 6.5 km2

_#_Comparative area: about 11 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC

_#_Land boundaries: 1.2 km with Spain

_#_Coastline: 12 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Exclusive fishing zone: 3 nm;

Territorial sea: 3 nm

_#_Disputes: source of occasional friction between Spain and the UK

_#_Climate: Mediterranean with mild winters and warm summers

_#_Terrain: a narrow coastal lowland borders The Rock

_#_Natural resources: negligible

_#_Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures
0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100%

_#_Environment: natural freshwater sources are meager so large
water catchments (concrete or natural rock) collect rain water

_#_Note: strategic location on Strait of Gibraltar that links
the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

_*_People
_#_Population: 29,613 (July 1991), growth rate 0.1% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 18 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: - 9 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 2.4 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun--Gibraltarian; adjective--Gibraltar

_#_Ethnic divisions: mostly Italian, English, Maltese, Portuguese, and
Spanish descent

_#_Religion: Roman Catholic 74%, Protestant 11% (Church of England 8%,
other 3%), Moslem 8%, Jewish 2%, none or other 5% (1981)

_#_Language: English and Spanish are primary languages; Italian,
Portuguese, and Russian also spoken; English used in the schools and for
official purposes

_#_Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%)

_#_Labor force: about 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers); UK
military establishments and civil government employ nearly 50% of the
labor force

_#_Organized labor: over 6,000

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: none

_#_Type: dependent territory of the UK

_#_Capital: Gibraltar

_#_Administrative divisions: none (dependent territory of the UK)

_#_Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK)

_#_Constitution: 30 May 1969

_#_Legal system: English law

_#_National holiday: Commonwealth Day (second Monday of March),
12 March 1990

_#_Executive branch: British monarch, governor, chief min