Ceuta - Spanish Morocco, Spain
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N 35° 53.306 W 005° 18.960
30S E 290952 N 3974051
a city located in Spanish Morocco, Spain
Waymark Code: WM187DY
Location: Ceuta, Spain
Date Posted: 06/14/2023
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According to Wikipedia, "Ceuta is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa.
Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of several Spanish territories in Africa and, along with Melilla and the Canary Islands, one of only a few that are permanently inhabited by a civilian population. It was a regular municipality belonging to the province of Cádiz prior to the passing of its Statute of Autonomy in March 1995, henceforth becoming an autonomous city.
Ceuta, like Melilla and the Canary Islands, was classified as a free port before Spain joined the European Union. Its population consists mainly of Christians and Muslims. There is also a small minority of Sephardic Jews and Sindhi Hindus, the latter of whom originate from current-day Pakistan.
Spanish is the only official language, but Darija Arabic is prominent as well.
Controlling access between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar is an important military and commercial chokepoint. The Phoenicians realized the extremely narrow isthmus joining the Peninsula of Almina to the African mainland makes Ceuta eminently defensible and established an outpost there early in the 1st millennium BC.
The Phoenicians were succeded by Romans, Vandals, Byzantins, Visigoths, Muslims, Portuguese, Spanish and so on".
Source: Wikipedia
The coordinates were taken near the Ceuta City Hall (Ayuntamiento de Ceuta / Palacio de la Asamblea)
Address: Pl. de África, 1, 51001 Ceuta, Spain
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