Melilla

Melilla
—  Autonomous Ceety  —
Autonomous Ceety o Melilla Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla (Spainyie)
Port o Melilla
Banner Coat o airms
Location of Melilla
Coordinates: 35°18′N 2°57′W
Kintra	Spain
Caipital	Melilla
Govrenment
- Mayor-Preses	Juan José Imbroda Ortíz (PP)
Aurie
- Tot	12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi)
Aurie rank	19t
Indwallers (2009)
- Tot	73,460
- Rank	19t
- Densitie	5,972.4/km2 (15,468.3/sq mi)
- Percent	0.16% o Spain
Demonym	melillan
ISO 3166-2	ES-ML
Offeecial leides	Spainyie
Statute o Autonomy	14 Mairch 1995
Parliament	Cortes Generales
Congress	1 deputy (o 350)
Senate	2 senators (o 264)
Wabsteid	www.melilla.es

Melilla (Spainyie pronunciation: [meˈliʎa]) is an autonomous ceety o Spain an an exclave on the north coast o Morocco, wi an aurie o 12.3 square kilometres (4.7 sq mi). Melilla, alang wi the Spainyie exclave Ceuta, is ane o the twa Spainyie territories locatit in mainland Africae. It wis regardit as a pairt o the province o Málaga prior tae 14 Mairch 1995, when the ceety's Statute o Autonomy wis passed.

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Melilla is twinned wi:

• Almería, Spain
• Ceuta, Spain
• Málaga, Spain
• Montevideo, Uruguay
• Motril, Spain

References

 This airticle incorporates text fae a publication nou in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11t ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

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