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Algeciras -
Arabic:
الجزيرة الخضراء is a port city in the south of
Spain, near the
British Overseas Territory of
Gibraltar. It is situated on the
Río de la Miel slightly to the north of
Tarifa, which is the southernmost town of the
Iberian peninsula. It is the largest urban area on the
Bay of Gibraltar (in
Spanish, the
Bahía de Algeciras), with a population in
2007 of 112.937 people.
History
The city was founded in
713 by the
Moors, probably on the site of an earlier Roman town known as
Portus Albus ("White Port"). It enjoyed a brief period of independence as a taifa state from 1035-1058. It was named al-Jazirah al-Khadra' ("Green Island") after the offshore Isla Verde; the modern name is derived from this original
Arabic name (compare also
Algiers and
Al Jazeera). In
1344 the city was taken by Alfonso XI of Castile. It was retaken by the Moors in
1368, but was destroyed on the orders of
Muhammed V of Granada. The site was subsequently abandoned.
Algeciras was refounded in
1704 by refugees from Gibraltar following the territory's capture by Anglo-Dutch forces in the
War of the Spanish Succession. It was rebuilt on its present rectangular plan by
Charles III of Spain in
1760. In July
1801, the French and Spanish navies fought the British
Royal Navy offshore in the
Battle of Algeciras, which ended in a British victory.
The city hosted the
Algeciras Conference in
1906, an international forum to discuss the future of
Morocco which was held in the Casa Consistorial (town hall). During the
Franco era, Algeciras underwent substantial industrial development, creating many new jobs for the local workers made unemployed when the border between Gibraltar and Spain was sealed between
1969 and
1982.
As a curiosity, in
1982 Algeciras was the scene of
Operation Algeciras, a failed plan conceived by the
Argentinian military to sabotage the British military facilities in Gibraltar during the
Falklands War.
Demographics
Source: INE (Spain)
Economy
Algeciras is principally a transport hub and industrial city. Its principal activities are connected with the port, which serves as the main embarkation point between Spain and
Tangier and other ports in Morocco as well as the
Canary Islands and the Spanish enclaves of
Ceuta and
Melilla. It is ranked as the 16th busiest port in the world. The city also has a substantial fishing industry and exports a range of agricultural products from the surrounding area, including cereals, tobacco and farm animals.
Algeciras is the southern terminus of two principal north-south
Euroroutes, the
E05 and
E15. Both routes, moreover, run to Scotland (the E05 terminates at
Greenock and the E15 at
Inverness) via France and England.
Tourism
Parque Natural del Estrecho
Parque Natural Los Alcornocales
Transport
The bus urban transport in managed by C.T.M. (Cooperativa de transporte Municipal).
Bus lines:
- Line 1: Bajadilla-Pajarete
- Line 2: Colinas-San Bernabé-Reconquista
- Line 3: Rinconcillo
- Line 4: La Granja
- Line 5: Bahía de Algeciras
- Line 6: Juliana
- Line 7: Saladillo
- Line 8: San García-Saladillo
- Line 9: San García Directo
- Line 10: El Cobre
- Line 11: La Piñera
- Line 12: San García playa
- Line 16: Cementerio-Centro Penitenciario
- Line 18: Cortijo Vides-Piñera
- Line 19: Puerto-S.J.Artesano-Rinconcillo
- Line 21: San García - Residencia - Puerto - Parque
The rail line to Ronda, Cordoba and elsewhere terminates near the port.
The road that crosses Algeciras are:
European route E15
European route E5
Autopista AP-7
Autovía A-48
N-340
GR 7
The nearest airports are:
Gibraltar Airport - to 20 km.
Jerez Airport - to 100 km.
Málaga Airport - to 120 km.
Monuments
Hornos Romanos del Rinconcillo (century I a.C.). (furnaces)
Factoría de salazones de la calle San Nicolás (century I). (salt meat factory)
La Villa Vieja, torres de la Huerta del Carmen (century X). (Towers)
Parque Arqueológico de las Murallas Meriníes (century XIII). (Archeological Park)
Capilla de Nuestra Señora de Europa (1690). (Chapel)
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Palma (1736). (Church)
Hospital de La Caridad, (1748).
Capilla de la Caridad (1752). (Chapel)
Casa Consistorial (1756). (City Council)
Capilla de San Servando (1774). (Chapel)
Capilla del Santo Cristo de la Alameda (1776). (Chapel)
Plaza Alta (1807).
Mercado de Abastos de Algeciras of engineer Eduardo Torroja Miret (1935). (Supplies Market)
Art School Building. (1971) architect: Fernando Garrido Gutiérrez.
Faro de Isla Verde. Project of Jaime Font, constructed in 1864). (Light)
Hotel Reina Cristina (1901).
District de San Isidro, typical district designed to half to century XX.
Hotel Howard Chiu (1823)
Celebrations
Arrastre de latas (5, January).
Feria Real de Algeciras (June).
Fiestas patronales en honor de Ntra. Sra. la Virgen de la Palma (August).
Fiesta de los Tosantos (1, November).
Carnival of Algeciras.
Sports
Algeciras CF, currently in Segunda División B.
Algeciras BM, currently in Liga ASOBAL.
Education
Universidad de Cádiz - Campus Bahia de Algeciras
The nexts educative centers are property of the University of Cádiz:
Escuela Politécnica Superior de Algeciras
Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería de Algeciras
Escuela Universitaria de Estudios Jurídicos y Económicos del Campo de Gibraltar "Francisco Tomás y Valiente"
Escuela Universitaria de Magisterio "Virgen de Europa"
Centro Universitario de Derecho de Algeciras (CUDA)
Campus Bahia de Algeciras
Native People
Paco de Lucía
Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir
Ana Belén Palomo
José María Sánchez-Verdú
Alejandro SanzFurther Information
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