In the official list of British cities officially entered on Monday (29/8) the Gibraltar after 180 years during which his status, conferred on him by Queen Victoria, had been forgotten due to an administrative error.
The British overseas territory, as reported by the Athens News Agency citing information from the BBC had submitted a request for its designation as a city this year also on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubileet, but a search of the National Archives found that the area was recognized as a town as early as 1842, i.e. by Queen Victoria.
The granting of city status to an area is often linked to the presence of a cathedral, a university or a large population, but there are no specific rules or conditions that must be met.
The recognition of an area as a “city” is done by the monarch of Britain after a relevant recommendation of the government.
However, it brings few material benefits, although it can often boost communities by putting them on the map, and the very recognition of an area as a “city” is usually a img of pride for residents.
There are now a total of 81 in the new list of British territory cities, and Gibraltar is one of just five outside the UK.
Gibraltar, an enclave of about 30,000 inhabitants, is located at the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula.
Spain ceded it to Britain in 1713 after a war, but in recent decades has reclaimed it.
In the Brexit referendum, 96% of Gibraltarian voters favored remaining in the European Union.
Source: News Beast
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