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The name 'Gibraltar' derives from the Arabic Jabal-al-Tarik ,mount of Tarik, all the back from the capture (711) of the peninsula by the Moorish leader 'Tarik'. The Spanish Held the peninsula in 1309 untill 1333, but did not recover it from the Moors until 1462. The English have maintained possession since 1704, even after non-stop Spanish claims. The British post was attacked unsuccessfully by the Spanish and French in 1704, by the Spanish in 1726, and again by the Spanish and French in 1779–83.

In World War I, Gibraltar's main use was as a naval station. Many refugees moved there in the Spanish Civil War during 1936–39. In World War II the Gibraltar walls and forces were strengthened, and most of the population was evacuated. It was frequently and heavily bombed in 1940–41, but with no serious damage.

After the war, Spain renewed it's claims to Gibraltar, which as a British strategic air and naval base, continued to be a major source of friction between Britain and Spain. The residents affirmed in 1967 their ties with Britain in a UN-supervised referendum, and in 1981 all residents were granted full British citizenship. From 1969 to 1985, Spain closed its border with Gibraltar, although pedestrian traffic was again permitted across beginning in 1982.

In 1991, Britain removed most its military forces from Gibraltar, while retaining it as a dependency. Tension between Spain and Gibraltar carried on through the 1990s, because Spain continuously accused Gibraltar of being a hotbed of drug trafficking, tobacco smuggling, and tax evasion. A 1997 Spanish proposal for joint British-Spanish sovereignty was rejected by the Gibraltarian government, and a referendum in 2002 on shared British-Spanish sovereignty almost unanimously approved of that rejection.

Gibraltar is a free port, with some transit trade; financial services and duty-free shopping are economically important. The climate is mild and very pleasant, and the tourism trade has made a huge impact and has become an important industry. During the many years that Gibraltar was a British military base, most of the area was taken up by military installations, and the civilian population was kept small. Many of the labourers lived in the Spanish border town of La Línea. The population is mostly of English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, or Maltese descent. English is the official language!