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Melilla

Melilla
Berber: Mřič
Autonomous city
Port of Melilla
Port of Melilla
Flag of Melilla
Flag
Coat-of-arms of Melilla
Coat of arms
Motto:
«Praeferre Patriam Liberis Parentem Decet» (Latin)
("It is seemly for a parent to put his fatherland before his children")
«Non Plus Ultra» (Latin)
("Nothing more beyond")
Map of Melilla
Location of Melilla
Coordinates: 35°18′N 2°57′W / 35.300°N 2.950°W / 35.300; -2.950Coordinates: 35°18′N 2°57′W / 35.300°N 2.950°W / 35.300; -2.950
Country Spain
Capital Melilla
Government
 • Mayor-President Juan José Imbroda (PP)
Area
 • Total 12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi)
Area rank 19th
Population (2011)
 • Total 78,476
 • Rank 19th
 • % of Spain 0.16%
Demonym(s) Melillan
melillense (es)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166-2 ES-ML
Official languages Spanish
Statute of Autonomy 14 March 1995
Parliament Cortes Generales
Congress 1 deputy (of 350)
Senate 2 senators (of 264)
Website www.melilla.es

Melilla (/məˈljə/ mə-LEE-yə; Spanish: [meˈliʎa], locally: [meˈliʝa]; Berber: Mřič; Arabic: مليلية‎‎‎, Maliliyyah) is a Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa, sharing a border with Morocco with an area of 12.3 square kilometres (4.7 sq mi). Melilla, along with Ceuta, is one of two permanently inhabited Spanish cities in mainland Africa. It was part of Málaga province until 14 March 1995 when the city's Statute of Autonomy was passed.

Melilla, like Ceuta, was a free port before Spain joined the European Union. As of 2011, it had a population of 78,476 made up of ethnic Spaniards, ethnic Riffian Berbers, and a small number of Sephardic Jews and Sindhi Hindus. Both Spanish and Riffian-Berber are the two most widely spoken languages, with Spanish as the only official language.


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