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Melilla (autonomous city) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 19 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.3167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 58 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.9667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Coextensive with the town of "Melilla"; located on N coast of Morocco, at a rocky peninsula that extends 25 miles into the Mediterranean Sea; physically contiguous with Morocco, but administered by Spain. |
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| Melilla (preferred,C,V,O,English)
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| Melilla (Spanish-P)
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| Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla (C,O,display,Spanish)
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| SP62 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Мелилья (C,U,Russian)
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| 멜리야 (C,U,Korean)
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| Rusaddir (H,V)
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Melilla (autonomous city) (P) |
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Melilla (autonomous city) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| autonomous city (preferred, C) |
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Autonomous Communities were provided for in constitution of 1978, statutes were passed in 1995 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| plaza (administrative) (C) |
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since 1995, governed by an assembly similar to those of Spain's other autonomous communities |
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