The capital of Gibraltar is Gibraltar

5 Facts You Might Not Know
1
The term 'Gibraltar' comes from Jabal Tariq, who led the incursion that
overtook the region in A.D. 711. 'Mons Calpe' served as the original
name of the Rock, which was considered to be one of the Pillars of
Hercules in honor of Heracles the Greek who designated the nearby
passage the 'Strait of Gibraltar.'
2
The
Rock of Gibraltar is anything but solid. The feature was at one time
buried beneath the sea. A cataclysm caused the African and European
continents to collide, and the body emerged above water. A network of
seashell-laden fissures and caves circuit throughout its interior,
making it hollow in some places.
3
The
Tower of Homage, a Moorish castle constructed circa A.D. 711, still
stands as a memorial of the first permanent colony there. This was the
year in which Jabal Tariq conquered the peninsula'a siege that would
result in centuries of Islamic control.
4
During
World War II, the Third Reich attempted to seize the Rock in a plan
called Operation Felix. Francisco Franco, the dictator of Spain,
eventually thwarted the effort. Had that mission succeeded, the Nazis
would have had a better chance of overtaking all of Europe.
5
The
area north of the Rock is a designated Nature Reserve containing some
230 Barbary Macaques. Due to a superstition associated with the ravens
at the Tower of London, Winston Churchill ensured that the rare primates
would always remain in this refuge. He insisted that if the monkeys
were to leave, the British would as well.
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