Sotogrande
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Sotogrande |
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| Residential area | |
| Coordinates: 36°16′42″N 5°17′24″W / 36.27833°N 5.29000°WCoordinates: 36°16′42″N 5°17′24″W / 36.27833°N 5.29000°W | |
| Country |
 Spain
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| Autonomous community |
 Andalusia
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| Province | Cádiz |
| Comarca | Campo de Gibraltar |
| Municipality | San Roque |
| Established | 1964 |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 2,584 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 11310 |
| Official language(s) | Spanish |
| Website | Official website |
Sotogrande is the largest privately owned residential development in Andalusia. Originally a gated community, it is located in the municipality of San Roque, Cádiz, Spain, southern Europe and is composed of a 20 square kilometres (8 sq mi) stretch from the Mediterranean Sea 25 km east of Gibraltar, back into the foothills of Sierra Almenara, providing contrasting views of sea, hills, cork forests and green fairways, including the Rock of Gibraltar and Morocco.
Some of the richest and most powerful families of Spain and Gibraltar have summer homes in Sotogrande. Current and past regulars and inhabitants of Sotogrande include Peter Caruana, former Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, current Chief Minister of Gibraltar,Tony Blair, Emilio Botín, Ana Rosa Quintana,Royal Shakespeare Company actor Mike Gwilym, as well as HRH Prince Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, the legitimist pretender to the throne of France.
Sotogrande was established by the couple Joseph Rafael McMicking y Ynchausti, an heir to the Philippine multi-national conglomerate Ynchausti y Compañia, and, Mercedes Zobel de Ayala y Roxas, of the prominent Zobel de Ayala family, both are Spanish Filipino.
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