Campamento is a coastal village and district of the municipality of San Roque of the

Province of Cádiz Cádiz is a Provinces of Spain, province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is the southernmost part of mainland Spain, as well as the southernmost part of ...

, Andalucia, Spain. Although it belongs administratively to San Roque, it is four kilometres south of the centre and is located on the

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, to the northwest of

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, and is effectively a northwestern suburb of

La Línea de la Concepción La Línea de la Concepción (), often referred to simply as La Línea, is a municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. The city lies on the sandy isthmus which is part of the eastern flank of ...

. 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 The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Enlightenment in Spain, Spain and Kingdom of France, France to capture Gibraltar from the Kingdom of Great Britain, British during the American Revolutionary War. It was the largest ba ...

. In the seventeenth century the cortijos of Benalife and Buena Vista were established.

References

{{reflist Populated places in the Province of Cádiz San Roque, Cádiz