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This is a list of Spain's 17 autonomous communities and the 2 autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla by their Human Development Index as of 2024 with data for the year 2022. [ 6 ] Rank
Ceuta, like Melilla and the Canary Islands, was classified as a free port before Spain joined the European Union. [9] Its population is predominantly Christian and Muslim, with a small minority of Sephardic Jews and Sindhi Hindus, from Pakistan. [10] Spanish is the official language, while Darija Arabic is also a well-spoken language there.
In terms of territorial organization, the fifth transitory disposition established that the cities of Ceuta and Melilla, Spanish exclaves located on the northern coast of Africa, could be constituted as "autonomous communities" if the absolute majority of the members of their city councils would agree on such a motion, and with the approval of ...
Ceuta and Melilla may refer to: Spain 's two autonomous cities , Ceuta 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 )
The majority of Melilla's population support continued Spanish sovereignty and are opposed to Moroccan control over the territory. [144] In 1986, Spain joined NATO. However, Melilla is not under NATO protection since Article 6 of the North Atlantic Treaty limits such coverage to Europe and North America and islands north of the Tropic of Cancer.
Around 40% of the population is of Moroccan (Arab and Berber) origin and speaks Darija Arabic in Ceuta, and Riffian Berber in Melilla. [223] Ceuta and Melilla are historically military strongholds and fishing ports with the status of free ports. [224] They are outside the European VAT and customs union systems, and have a special low-tax regime.
Ceuta and Melilla are two Spanish cities on the North African coast. They are part of the EU but they are excluded from the common agricultural and fisheries policies. [ 64 ] They are also outside the customs union and VAT area, [ 10 ] but no customs are levied on goods exported from the Union into either Ceuta and Melilla, and certain goods ...
By the death of Moulay Ismaíl (1672–1727), the only territories remaining to Spain were Ceuta (acquired from Portugal in 1640), Melilla, the Alhucemas Islands (occupied in 1673) and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera. Melilla and the Peñón de Alhucemas in 1909. Remaining Spanish Plazas de soberanía in North Africa.