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Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla
Flag of Melilla.svg Coat of Arms of Melilla.svg
In Detail In Detail
Locator map of Melilla.png
Area
 – Total		  
 20 km²
Population
 – Total (2003)
 – Density
 69,184
 3459.2/km²
Name for inhabitants
 – English
 – Spanish
 ---
 melillense
Statute of Autonomy March 14, 1995
ISO 3166-2:ES ES-ML
Parliamentary
representation
 – Congress seats
 – Senate seats		  1
 
President Juan José Imbroda Ortíz (PP)
Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla

Melilla is a city in North Africa, right opposite Spain. It belongs to Spain, and is all surrounded by Morocco, which believes it should belong to them. Ceuta is another such city.

Its surface is about 20 square kilometers, and there are almost 70,000 people living there.


Images for kids

  • 1909-09-15, Actualidades, En el barrio judío de Melilla, Tipo de mujer judía en el interior de su domicilio, Alba (cropped)

    Jewish woman in the Jewish quarter (1909)

  • Casa Melul

    Art Nouveau buildings in the Plaza de España (c. 1917)

  • Centro de Melilla, Parque Hernández, Plaza de España, Barrio Héroes de España y Mantelete

    City centre in 1926

  • (Cabo Tres Forcas) ISS-36 Strait of Gibraltar (cropped)

    Detail of a satellite photograph of Cape Three Forks (centred on Melilla) taken during the 2013 ISS-36 expedition.

  • Porteadores marroquíes llevando mercancía de Melilla a la frontera

    Moroccan male bale workers and female porteadoras in Melilla carrying smuggled goods to the border.

  • Planta desaladora de Melilla

    View of the Melilla's desalination plant

  • Semana Santa en Melilla 2008 (2)

    Holy Week procession in Melilla

  • Verjamelilla

    The Melilla border fence aims to curb irregular immigration into the city.

  • Capilla de Santiago3

    Dome of the Chapel of Santiago [es]

  • EDIFICIO DEL ANTIGÜA REDACCIÓN EL TELEGRAMA DEL RIF

    Modernista building, former headquarters of El Telegrama del Rif newspaper.

  • Sinagoga Orr Zoruah, Ruta de los Templos (6) (5446069722)

    Local synagogue

  • Mezquita central melilla

    Melilla's central mosque

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