Melilla
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Melilla Berber: Mřič
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Port of Melilla
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| Motto:
«Praeferre Patriam Liberis Parentem Decet» (Latin)
("It is seemly for a parent to put his fatherland before his children") |
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.svg) Location of Melilla |
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| Coordinates: 35°18′N 2°57′W / 35.300°N 2.950°WCoordinates: 35°18′N 2°57′W / 35.300°N 2.950°W | |||
| 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) |
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| 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 (/məˈliːjə/ 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[update], 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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