Cadiz has traditionally been a city dominated by sea-based development in
the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. However, the maritime trade
has declined over the years; fishing has entered a serious crisis due to the
loss of fishing privileges in the Saharan Bank off the coast of the Republic of Western Sahara
occupied by Morocco
and shipyards that are currently underused.
The decline in the ordering of ships and
boats and stiff competition from other shipyards has led to a decline in this
business. Unemployment has seen a shift toward tourism promoting beaches,
historical importance and hotel and house rentals. The city is undergoing a
remarkable comeback with rises in per capita income and the development of a
strong health and social services sector.
Cadiz can be distinguished by its beaches and festivals and a summer
evening eating tapas by the Barrio de La Vina.
Cadiz is considered the oldest city in the west with a rich
artistic and monumental heritage and is emerging as a major centre of cultural
and urban tourism.
The city has many restaurants, hotels and youth hostels. .
Economic Indicators
The University
of Cadiz is a public university in the
province of Cadiz. Enrolled is around 18 000
students employs around 680 teachers and 1563 administrative staff.
The University is spread across four campuses:
Campus de Cadiz, Campus de Puerto Real, Jerez
and Campus Campus Bay of Algeciras.
It was founded as the October 30, 1979, although many of its centres existed
previously as independent schools. Currently the university is one of the top
institutions in the province and given its projection Atlantic
welcomes students from all five continents to exchange agreements with major
American and African universities as well as forming part of the European
Union.
The Centre of Modern
Languages offers studies in English, French, Italian, German, Arabic,
Portuguese, Russian, Japanese and Spanish for foreigners.
Health
Hospital Puerta del Mar
The city has seven health centres, including the Hospital Universitario Puerta
del Mar. The centres provide health care
for preventive, curative, rehabilitative and health promotion. They consist of
family physicians, paediatricians, nurses and social workers. Other programs
include health, family planning and immunization.
The city of Cadiz is located on a piece of land that
joins an island to the mainland by a thin isthmus. In the case of Cadiz, it does not bind directly to the mainland and
historically has been called the Isle of Leon where the city of San Fernando stands.
Over 60% of the land is marshes and a natural park with beaches remains
undeveloped. The area is approximately 4.4km square. It appears Cadiz and San
Fernando were islands now joined through the silting
of the channel between them.
Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar is
named after it is built on one of the gates in the walls of Cadiz, which linked the city with the
waterfront. The hospital is serving the area of Cadiz
and San Fernando
with a total of approximately 200 000 residents and has around 800 beds and
2800 members of staff.
It is a referral hospital in the province
of Cadiz for the
following specialties: neurosurgery, plastic surgery, maxillofacial surgery,
nuclear medicine, radiotherapy, cardiac surgery, paediatric surgery, vascular
surgery, paediatric, ICU, transplantation, immunology, genetics, and trauma
colon surgery.
Cadiz has a
large number of monuments of architecture, civil, military and religious
nature.
