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Why do the British still own Gibraltar? In recent years, the Spanish and British governments have repeatedly clashed. The reason for this is a centuries-long conflict over a small exclave on the southern tip of the Spanish mainland. Gibraltar: a narrow peninsula, particularly known for the Rock of Gibraltar, lies north of the Strait of Gibraltar named after it and is only 7 km2 in size, but of inestimable strategic value. Whoever controls Gibraltar has great influence on the transport of goods between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, which is why the peninsula has always been hotly contested. But why were the British, whose motherland lies thousands of kilometers away, able to secure the strategically important exclave and why have they not returned it to Spain to this day? Sources: Roy Adkins, Lesley Adkins. Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History. 2018. https://www.britannica.com/place/Gibr... https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMa... https://www.economist.com/the-economi... https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar https://www.historytoday.com/archive/... https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanisc... https://www.euronews.com/2019/02/03/g... https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/brexit... Business inquiries: [email protected]