Ceuta (ES)

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Ceuta is an 18.5 km2 Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa, separated by 14 km from Cadiz province on the Spanish mainland by the Strait of Gibraltar and sharing a 6.4 kilometer land border with the M'diq-Fnideq Prefecture in the Kingdom of Morocco. It lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean and is one of nine populated Spanish territories in Africa and, along with Melilla, one of two populated territories on mainland Africa. It was part of Cádiz province until 14 March 1995 when the city's Statute of Autonomy was passed.

Ceuta, like Melilla and the Canary Islands, was a free port before Spain joined the European Union. Its population consists of Christians, Muslims, and small minorities of Sephardic Jews and ethnic Sindhi Hindus.

Spanish is the official language, while Moroccan Darija of the northern Jebli variety[3] is spoken by between 40% and 50% of the population which is of Moroccan origin.

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Cards and Covers

CEUTA date stamp in black with violet GOBIERNO MILITAIR DE CUETA Military free post (1913 Fieldpost)