Ceuta

Ceuta
—  Autonomous ceety  —
Autonomous Ceety o Ceuta Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta (Spainyie)
Ceuta, as seen from the belvedere of Isabel II, near the Moroccan border
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Location o the Autonomous Ceety o Ceuta
Coordinates: 35°53′18″N 5°18′56″W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous ceety	Ceuta
First settled	5t century BC
Cedit tae Spain	1 Januar 1668
Autonomy status	14 Mairch 1995
End o Muslim rule	14 August 1415
Foonder	Carthaginians
Govrenment
- Mayor	Juan Jesús Vivas Lara (PP)
Aurie
- Tot	18.5 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
- Laund	18.5 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Hicht	10 m (33 ft)
Heichest elevation	349 m (1,145 ft)
Indwallers (2000)
- Tot	75,241
- Estimate (2009)	78,674
- Densitie	4,067.1/km2 (10,533.7/sq mi)
Demonym	Ceutan
Time zone	Madrid (UTC+1)
- Simmer (DST)	Madrid (UTC+2)
ISO 3166-2	ES-CE
Postal code	51001 Ceuta
Offeecial leid	Spainyie
Parliament	Cortes Generales
Congress	1 deputy (oot o 350)
Senate	2 senators (oot o 264)
Wabsteid	ceuta.es

Ceuta (Spainyie pronunciation: [ˈθeuta]) is an 18.5-square-kilometre (7.1 sq mi) autonomous ceety o Spain an an exclave locatit on the north coast o North Africae surroondit bi Morocco. Separatit frae the Iberie peninsulae bi the Strait o Gibraltar, Ceuta lees on the border o the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Efter Spain returned Ifni tae Morocco in 1969, Ceuta an Melilla remained the sole Spainyie enclave territories athin mainland Africae. Ceuta wis deemit a pairt o the province o Cádiz prior tae 14 Mairch 1995, when the ceety's Statute o Autonomy wis passed.

Twin touns — sister ceeties

See an aw: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Spain

Ceuta is twinned with:

• Aci Catena, Italy
• Algeciras, Spain
• Cádiz, Spain
• Guadalajara, Mexico
• Melilla, Spain
• Santarém, Portugal

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