Campamento (San Roque)

Campamento is a coastal village and district of the municipality of San Roque of the Province of Cádiz, Andalucia, Spain. Although it belongs administratively to San Roque, it is four kilometres south of the centre and is located on the Bay of Algeciras, to the northwest of Gibraltar, and is effectively a northwestern suburb of La Línea de la Concepción. As of 2011 it had 1836 inhabitants.

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Barriada (pedanía)
Campamento Beach
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Location in the Province of Cádiz
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Campamento (Spain)
Coordinates: 36°10′41″N 5°22′39″W
Country Spain
Autonomous community Andalusia
ProvinceCádiz
ComarcaCampo de Gibraltar
MunicipalitySan Roque
Judicial districtAlgeciras
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,836
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
11368
Dialing code(+34) 956
Official language(s)Spanish

Campamento lies along the motorway Autovía CA-34. The highway CA-2321 links with Guadarranque. A regular bus runs between Campamento and the towns of San Roque and La Línea de la Concepción.

History

This neighborhood is named after Spanish troops setting up camp during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.[1] In the seventeenth century the cortijos of Benalife and Buena Vista were established.

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References
  1. "The Historic Centre of the Campo de Gibraltar area". Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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