What is "ceuta"

Ceuta (assimilated pronunciation , also ; ; Arabic: سبتة) is an Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa, sharing a western border with Morocco. Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar, Ceuta lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ceuta, along with the Spanish exclave Melilla, is one of two permanently inhabited Spanish territories in mainland Africa. It was part of Cádiz province until 14 March 1995 when the city's Statute of Autonomy was passed.

Ceuta, like Melilla, was a free port before Spain joined the European Union. As of 2011, it has a population of 82,376. Its population consists of Christians, Muslims (chiefly Arabic and Berber speakers), and small minorities of Sephardic Jews and ethnic Sindhi Hindus. Spanish is the official language.

Ceuta is one of the 52 electoral districts (circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It has the second smallest electorate of all the 52 districts and together with the other African enclave of Melilla it is one of just two single member districts in Congress.

Ceuta is a Spanish autonomous city located to the south of the Strait of Gibraltar, in North Africa.

Ceuta may also refer to:

• , the name of four steamships of the Oldenburg Portuguese Line

• Spanish destroyer Ceuta, an Italian destroyer sold to the Nationalist faction of the Spanish Civil War in 1938
• AD Ceuta, a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Ceuta

Other places in the world:

• Ceuta, a fishing port in the Mexican state of Sinaloa
• Ceuta, a palafito village in the Lake of Maracaibo, Venezuela
• San Isidro de Ceuta, a harbor in Zulia, Venezuela
• Ceuta, a village in the province of Holguín, Cuba
• Ceuta, a village in the province of Villa Clara, Cuba
• Ceuta, a village in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia