Everything about Pe N De V Lez De La Gomera totally explained
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera is one of the
Spanish territories on North Africa off the
Moroccan coast (
Plazas de soberanía), along with the coastal cities of
Ceuta and
Melilla, the island of
Peñón de Alhucemas and
Islas Chafarinas. Vélez de la Gomera is administered from Melilla. Its tiny population is made up of military personnel only.
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera is located 119
km (72.7
mi) southeast of
Ceuta, the largest Spanish territory in Africa. It was a natural island, but is now an artificial peninsula, permanently connected to the Moroccan coast by an 85 m (279 feet) long sand strip (the world's shortest land border). It covers about 19,000
m².
In
1508 Spain launched an expedition under the command of
Pedro Navarro to fight against the
pirates who populated it, and who were constantly attacking and looting the coast of Southern Spain. Spain captured the Peñón, but they lost it again in
1522 after a successful berberisque attack, in which the whole Spanish garrison were slaughtered. In
1564, after some failed attempts, the Spaniards conquered it back and they've retained control of it ever since, despite having been besieged in several occasions, in
1680,
1701,
1755,
1781 and
1790.
In
1871 the
Spanish Congress debated abandoning the Peñón, since by that time it had lost its military interest, but in the end the proposal was dropped.
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