Algeciras
municipality and city in the province of Cádiz, Spain
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Summary
Algeciras is a municipality of Spain[1]. Algeciras ranks in the top 0.73% of municipality of spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,034 views/month, #41 of 5,605).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cádiz Province[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[5]
- Head of government: José Ignacio Landaluce[6]
- Continent: Europe[7]
- Shares border with: Los Barrios[8], Tarifa[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Djibouti[10], Tangier[11], Ceuta[12]
- Postal code: 11200–11209[13]
- Part of: Q107553374[14], Campo de Gibraltar[15]
- Commons category: Algeciras[16]
- Licence plate code: CA[17]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[18], UTC+02:00[19]
- Local dialing code: 956[20]
- Significant event: Siege of Algeciras[21]
- Official website: http://www.algeciras.es/[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Algeciras[23]
- Commons gallery: Algeciras[24]
- Population: 114,277[25], 116,917[26], 117,810[27], 116,417[28], 116,209[29], 115,333[30], 114,012[31], 112,937[32], 111,283[33], 109,665[34], 106,710[35], 108,779[36], 105,066[37], 117,974[38]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Algeciras[39]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[40], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[41], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[43], Otto's encyclopedia[44], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[45], Great dictionary of geographical names[46]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Algeciras include Algeciras Heliport[47], a heliport[48], in Spain[49], founded in 2009[50].
Why It Matters
Algeciras has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Algeciras is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
Entities named for Algeciras include Algeciras Heliport[47], a heliport[48], in Spain[49], founded in 2009[50].