Gibraltar recognized as British city almost 200 years after administrative error

By Asher Notheis
Published August 29, 2022 4:42pm ET
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Gibraltar recognized as British city almost 200 years after administrative error
Backdropped by the Gibraltar rock, people cross the Gibraltar airport runway, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Gibraltar was recently recognized as a British city after being omitted for 180 years.


A city near Spain was finally recognized as a British city on Monday, 180 years after an administrative error caused the city not to receive the title bestowed upon it by Queen Victoria.

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