Ceuta
Ceuta
سَبْتَة | |
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View of Ceuta Palace of the Assembly | |
Location of Ceuta in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 35°53′18″N 5°18′56″W / 35.88833°N 5.31556°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| First settled | 1st millennium BC |
| End of Muslim rule | 14 August 1415 |
| Ceded to Spain | 4 August 1578 |
| Autonomy status | 14 March 1995 |
| Founded by | Carthaginians |
| Government | |
| • Type | Autonomous city |
| • Body | Council of Government |
| • Mayor-President | Juan Jesús Vivas (PP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.5 km2 (7.1 sq mi) |
| • Land | 18.5 km2 (7.1 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 18th |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 349 m (1,145 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 83,179 |
| • Rank | 19th |
| • Density | 4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| Demonyms | Ceutan ceutí (es) caballa ("Atlantic mackerel", colloquial) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €1.888 billion (2023) |
| • Per capita | €22,751 (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | ES-CE |
| Postal code | 51001–51005 |
| Official language | Spanish |
| Parliament | Assembly of Ceuta |
| Congress | 1 deputy (out of 350) |
| Senate | 2 senators (out of 264) |
| Currency | Euro (€) (EUR) |
| HDI (2022) | 0.860 very high · 19th |
| Website | www.Ceuta.es |
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Ceuta (UK: /ˈsjuːtə/, US: /ˈseɪuːtə/, Spanish: [ˈθewta, ˈsewta] ⓘ; Moroccan Arabic: سَبْتَة, romanized: Sabtah) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ceuta is one of the special member state territories of the European Union. It was a regular municipality belonging to the province of Cádiz prior to the passing of its Statute of Autonomy in March 1995, as provided by the Spanish Constitution, 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 is predominantly Christian and Muslim, with a small minority of Sephardic Jews and Sindhi Hindus, from Pakistan.
Spanish is the official language, while Darija Arabic is also widely spoken.