My first inhabitants were the Phoenicians in 950BC although evidence of neanderthal habitation found at Gorham's Cave date back to 28,000 BC.


I am home to more online bookmakers than any other country. My name derives from the Spanish interpretation of the Arabic for Mountain of Tariq.


I became known as one of the Pillars of Hercules, and I am famed for my red telephone boxes, fish and chips and Bobbies on the beat.


A British overseas territory I am self governed through an elected parliament. Referendums in 1967 and 2002 saw 98% of my population rejected a shared sovereignty proposal.


I am famed for my Barbary Macaques (mac aks), mountain cable car and Royal Naval base and I can be found on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean ?