eli5 Why is Gibraltar a British Overseas Territory? What does this mean… Isn’t it a country by itself on the map?

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eli5 Why is Gibraltar a British Overseas Territory? What does this mean… Isn’t it a country by itself on the map?

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Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory because England captured it from the Spanish in 1704 and have never given it back.

>Isn’t it a country by itself on the map?

No, it’s a British Overseas Territory, as are Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and the Falklands. They are self-governing but are not sovereign states.