Ceuta and Melilla may refer to:
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Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
's two
autonomous cities,
Ceuta
Ceuta (, , ; ar, سَبْتَة, Sabtah) 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 territorie ...
and
Melilla, which are often referred to together
*in a wider sense, to all the modern Spanish possessions in North Africa (i.e. Ceuta and Melilla, plus other adjacent minor territories, known in Spanish as ''
plazas de soberanía'')
See also
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Spanish Africa (disambiguation)
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Spanish North Africa (disambiguation)
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Spanish protectorate in Morocco
The Spanish protectorate in Morocco ; es, Protectorado español de Marruecos, links=no, was established on 27 November 1912 by a treaty between France and Spain that converted the Spanish sphere of influence in Morocco into a formal protect ...
, established on 27 November 1912 by a treaty between France and Spain that converted the Spanish sphere of influence into a formal protectorate
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List of Spanish colonial wars in Morocco
{{Spanish-Moroccan conflicts
There have been several Hispano-Moroccan wars:
* Conquest of Melilla (1497)
* Conquest of Mehdya (1681)
* Siege of Larache (1689)
* Siege of Melilla (1774)
* Siege of Ceuta (1790-1791)
* Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–18 ...
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