Melilla

Melilla
Mřič
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Location of Melilla
Coordinates: 35°18′N 2°57′W / 35.300°N 2.950°W / 35.300; -2.950
Country Spain
Government
 • Mayor-PresidentJuan José Imbroda (PP)
Area
 • Total12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi)
 • Rank19th
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total86,384
 • Rank19th
 • Density7,000/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
 • % of Spain
0.16%
DemonymsMelillan
GDP
 • Total€1.756 billion (2022)
 • Per capita€20,698 (2022)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code
ES-ML
Official languagesSpanish
Statute of Autonomy14 March 1995
ParliamentAssembly of Melilla
Congress1 deputy (of 350)
Senate2 senators (of 264)
CurrencyEuro () (EUR)
Websitewww.melilla.es

Melilla (US: /məˈljə/ mə-LEE-yə, UK: /mɛˈ-/ meh-;[3][4] Spanish: [meˈliʎa]; Tarifit: Mřič [mrɪtʃ];[5] Arabic: مليلية [maˈliːlja]) is an autonomous city of Spain in North Africa. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of 12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi). It was part of the Province of Málaga until 14 March 1995, when the Statute of Autonomy of Melilla was passed.

Melilla is one of the special member state territories of the European Union. Movements to and from the rest of the EU and Melilla are subject to specific rules, provided for inter alia in the Accession Agreement of Spain to the Schengen Convention.[6]

As of 2019, Melilla had a population of 86,487.[7] The population is chiefly divided between people of Iberian and Riffian extraction.[8] There is also a small number of Sephardic Jews and Sindhi Hindus. Melilla features a diglossia between the official Spanish and Tarifit.[9]

Like the autonomous city of Ceuta and Spain's other territories in Africa, Melilla is subject to an irredentist claim by Morocco.[10]

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "Contabilidad Regional de España" (PDF). www.ine.es.
  3. ^ "Melilla". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Melilla". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  5. ^ Yahia, Jahfar Hassan (2014). Curso de lengua tamazight, nivel elemental. Caminando en la didáctica de la lengua rifeña (in Spanish and Riffian). Melilla: GEEPP Ed.
  6. ^ Council of the European Union (2015). The Schengen Area (PDF). Council of the European Union. doi:10.2860/48294. ISBN 978-92-824-4586-0.
  7. ^ "Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  8. ^ Trinidad 2012, p. 962.
  9. ^ Sánchez Suárez 2003, p. 190.
  10. ^ Trinidad 2012, pp. 961–975.

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