{"id":8869,"date":"2021-11-09T04:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/?p=8869"},"modified":"2021-11-09T12:43:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T20:43:28","slug":"melilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/melilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Melilla"},"content":{"rendered":"
Melilla is an\u00a0autonomous city<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Spain<\/a>\u00a0located on the northwest coast of Africa, sharing\u00a0a border<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Morocco<\/a>. It has an area of 12.3\u00a0km2<\/sup>\u00a0(4.7\u00a0sq\u00a0mi). One of two Spanish autonomous cities in mainland Africa together with\u00a0Ceuta<\/a>, it was part of the\u00a0Province of M\u00e1laga<\/a>\u00a0until 14 March 1995, when the\u00a0Statute of Autonomy of Melilla<\/a>\u00a0was passed.<\/p>\n Melilla is one of the\u00a0special territories of the European Union<\/a>\u00a0(EU). Movements to and from the rest of the EU and Melilla are subject to specific rules, provided for\u00a0inter alia<\/i>\u00a0in the Accession Agreement of Spain to the\u00a0Schengen Convention<\/a>.<\/p>\n