.gi is the
country code top-level domain
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all tw ...
(ccTLD) for
Gibraltar
Gibraltar ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory and British overseas cities, city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the A ...
, a
British Overseas Territory
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or alternatively referred to as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are the fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, ...
. It was created on 5 December 1995.
Second-level domain names
Use in Girona
It has been used for some official domains for the Spanish city of
Girona
Girona (; ) is the capital city of the Province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024, but the p ...
due to its coincidence in abbreviation.
This limited use began prior to the creation of the
.cat TLD because of
Catalan reluctance to use domains under the Spanish country code TLD
.es.
Subsequent rules changes prevent new 2nd level registrations directly under .gi for entities not connected with Gibraltar.
References
External links
Gibraltar NICajuntament.gi: City of Girona
Country code top-level domains
Communications in Gibraltar
Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members
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