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Melilla, known in Arabic as مليلة, and in Tamazight as Tamlit is a SpanishThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc autonomous city on the coast of eastern MoroccoAl Mamlakah al-Maghribiyah In Detail( Full size) Official language Arabic Capital Rabat Largest City Casablanca King Mohammed VI Prime Minister Driss Jettou Area Total Ranked 56th 446,550 km² Population Total (2003) Density31,689,267 70/km² Ranked 36th In, in North AfricaAfrica is the world's second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. 30,244,050 km2 (11,677,240 mi2) including the islands, it covers 20. 3% of the total land area on Earth, and with over 800 million human inhabitants it accounts for ar. Administered as part of Málaga provinceThe Province of Malaga ( Spanish Provincia de Malaga is located in the southern coast of Spain, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. It is surrounded by the Mediterranean sea at the South, and by the provinces of Cadiz, Sevilla, Cordoba and Granada. prior to the March 14, 1995 Statute of Autonomy, it is a free portA free port porto franco is a port with relaxed jurisdiction with respect to the country of location. Most commonly this means being free of customs or being a special customs zone with favorable customs regulations. Earlier in the history some free ports; the principal industry is fishingFishing is both the recreation and sport of catching fish (for food or as a trophy), and the commercial fishing industry of catching or harvesting seafood (either fish or other aquatic life-forms, such as shellfish). Fishing is done in a river, canal, lak. Cross-border commerce (legal or smuggled) and Spanish and European grants and wages are the other income sources. In 1994 it had a population of 63,670.

Melilla was on the frontier of the Kingdom of Tremecén and the Kingdom of Fez when Spain conquered it in 1497.

Morocco has always claimed Melilla, along with Ceuta and some small Spanish islands by the African shore ( Plazas de Soberanía), drawing comparisons with Spain's territorial claim to Gibraltar. The Spanish government rejects these comparisons, on the grounds that both Ceuta and Melilla are integral parts of the Spanish state, whereas Gibraltar, a British overseas territory, is not and never has been part of the United Kingdom.

There is considerable pressure by African refugees to enter Melilla, a part of the European Union. The border is secured by a three-meter-tall double fence and watch towers, yet refugees regularly manage to cross it illegally.

See also: Ceuta, Isla Perejil

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MelillaCiudad Autonoma de Melilla Area total 20 km² Population Total (2003) Density 69,184 3459. 2/km² Demonym English Spanish melillense Statute of Autonomy March 14, 1995 ES-ML Parliamentaryrepresentation Congress seats Senate seats 12 President Juan Jose Imbr