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Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish cities on the north coast of Morocco. Melilla is in the northeastern corner of Morocco, near the Algerian border, while Ceuta is in the north, directly opposite Gibraltar. Melilla has been Spanish since 1497; Ceuta was occupied by Portugal in 1415 and has been under Spanish control since 1580. These two cities were the first -- and now they are the last -- European possessions on the African mainland. Ceuta and Melilla have the status of autonomous cities. In addition to the cities, Spain administers several small islands near the coast of Morocco, known collectively as plazas menores de soberanía (lesser places of sovereignty). All these territories are claimed by Morocco. Ceuta and Melilla govern themselves as autonomous cities within the Kingdom of Spain. Each city has a port authority that maintains its lighthouses and other aids to navigation. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volumes D and E of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 113.
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Posted August 10, 2005. Checked and revised August 24, 2009. Lighthouses: 5. Site copyright 2009 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.