Campamento (San Roque)

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

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.

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.

References

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

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