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Overview:
ALGECIRAS, spain occupies the far side of the bay from
Gibraltar, spewing out smoke and pollution in the direction of
the Rock. The last town of the Spanish Mediterranean, it must
once have been an elegant resort; today it's unabashedly a port
and industrial centre, its suburbs extending on all sides, and
almost all construction is of modern vintage. When Franco closed
the border with Gibraltar at La Línea it was Algeciras that he
decided to develop to absorb the Spanish workers formerly
employed in the British naval dockyards, thus breaking the
area's dependence on the Rock.
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