Geography of Cadiz
Cádiz, Spain, a southern port and the capital of the province of Cádiz. It is about 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Gibraltar on a narrow peninsula in the Gulf of Cádiz, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. Cádiz is an attractive city with whitewashed, Moorish-style buildings. It has a large bull ring, several theaters, and a church with a mural of the marriage of St. Catherine, painted by the 17th-century artist Murillo. Sections of the old city walls remain.
Cádiz is a Spanish naval station and an important shipping center for salt, wine, olive oil, cork, fruit, fish, and minerals. It is one of the oldest cities of Europe, although most of its buildings are relatively recent. The city was founded by the Phoenicians probably around 1100 B.C., and later held by Carthage and Rome. Its ancient name was Gadir or Gades. The Visigoths conquered it in the fifth century A.D., and the Moors held it from 711 to 1262.
Population: 153,550.