Related content

• Abd ar-Rahman III
• Abdera, Spain
• Accra
• Aci Catena
• Adélie Land
• Afonso VI of Portugal
• Africa
• Agadir
• Algeciras
• Algeria
• Algiers
• Alicante
• Almohad
• Almoravid
• Altava
• Ambon Island
• Amioun
• Amrit
• Andalucia
• Andalus
• Andalusia
• Anguilla
• Annobón Province
• Anosy
• Apostolic administrator
• Aragon
• Arguin
• Arqa
• Aruba
• Arwad
• As Sib
• Asilah
• Asturias
• Atlantic Ocean
• Autonomous cities of Spain
• Autonomous communities of Spain
• Autonomous community
• Auzia
• Azemmour
• Azores
• Baalbek
• Bahrain
• Balearic Islands
• Bandar-Abbas
• Bandar-e Kong
• Banu Isam
• Barbados
• Barcelona
• Barka, Oman
• Basque Country (autonomous community)
• Batroun
• Battle of Ceuta
• Beirut
• Benzú
• Berber people
• Berbers
• Bermuda
• Beypore
• Bidiyah
• Bioko
• Bissau
• Bizerte
• Bonaire
• Bouvet Island
• British Antarctic Territory
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• British Overseas Territory
• British Virgin Islands
• Byblos
• Byzantine Empire
• Cacheu
• Cadiz
• Cadiz (province)
• Cagliari
• Caliph of Cordoba
• Canary Islands
• Cantabria
• Cape Verde (Portugal)
• Caribbean Netherlands
• Caricus Murus
• Carlos II of Spain
• Cartagena, Spain
• Carthage
• Carthaginians
• Castile and León
• Castile–La Mancha
• Catalonia
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Cayman Islands
• Cerne (Mauritania)
• Ceuta
• Ceuta (disambiguation)
• Ceuta border fence
• Ceuta Heliport
• Chafarinas Islands
• Chaul
• Chellah
• Chittagong
• Christian
• Cirta
• Cisplatina
• Clipperton Island
• Coat of arms
• Coat of arms of Ceuta
• Collectivity of Saint Martin
• Coloane
• Colonia del Sacramento
• Colonial Brazil
• Community of Madrid
• Concordat of 1851
• Congress of Deputies (Spain)
• Cortes Generales
• Crown of Aragon
• Crozet Islands
• Cuicul
• Curaçao
• Cyprus
• Cádiz
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli
• Daman and Diu

Ceuta

Ceuta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈθeuta]) is an 18.5-square-kilometre (7.1 sq mi) autonomous city of Spain and an exclave located on the north coast of North Africa surrounded by Morocco. Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar, Ceuta lies on the border of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. After Spain returned Ifni to Morocco in 1969, Ceuta and Melilla remained the sole Spanish enclave territories within mainland Africa. Ceuta was deemed a part of Cadiz province prior to 14 March 1995, when the city's Statute of Autonomy was passed.

Ceuta (like Melilla) was a free port before Spain joined the European Union. As of 2011, it has a population of 78,674. Its population consists of Christians, Muslims (chiefly Moroccan Arabic speakers), and small minorities of Jews and Hindus. Spanish is the official language.

Morocco had previously called for negotiations on the future of Ceuta, Melilla and a number of Mediterranean islands and enclaves that border it. The majority of the city's population are ethnic Spanish who are opposed to the idea of being ruled by Morocco. A poll conducted by Instituto Opina found that 87.9% of people from mainland Spain consider the two cities to be Spanish.