Gibraltar Travel HD Videos

May 30, 2015

Gibraltar Travel HD Videos

Status: Overseas territory

Governor: Sir James Dutton (2013)

Chief Minister: Fabian Picardo (2011)

Total area: 2 sq mi (6 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 29,185 (growth rate: 0.25%); birth rate: 14.15/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.29/1000; life expectancy: 79.13

Monetary unit: Gibraltar pound

Literacy rate: above 80% (2013 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2008 est.): $1.275 billion; per capita $43,000. Real growth rate: 6% (2008) Inflation: 1.5% (1998). Unemployment: 3% (2005 est.). Arable land: 0% (2011). Agriculture: none. Labor force: 12,690 (2001) (including non-Gibraltar laborers); services 60%, industry 40%, agriculture negl. Industries: tourism, banking and finance, ship repairing, tobacco.Natural resources: negl. Exports: $271 million f.o.b. (2004 est.): (principally reexports) petroleum 51%, manufactured goods 41%, other 8%. Imports: $2.967 billion c.i.f. (2004 est.): fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs. Major trading partners: France, Spain, Turkmenistan, Switzerland, Germany, UK, Greece, Russia, Italy, U.S., Sweden (2004).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 23,100 (2012); mobile cellular: 34,750 (2012). Broadcast media: Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) provides TV and radio broadcasting services via 1 TV station and 4 radio stations; British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) operates 1 radio station; broadcasts from Spanish radio and TV stations are accessible (2008). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3,509 (2012). Internet users: 20,200 (2009)

Transportation: Railways: total: n.a. km. Highways: total: 29 km; paved: 29 km; unpaved: 0 km (2007). Ports and harbors: Gibraltar. Airports: 1 (2013).