Ceuta
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Ceuta （UK: /ˈsjuːtə/, US: /ˈseɪuːtə/, Spanish: [ˈθewta]; Berber languages: Sebta; Arabic: سَبْتَة‎, romanized: Sabtah） is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa.
Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
It is one of nine populated Spanish territories in Africa and, along with Melilla, one of two populated Spanish territories on mainland Africa.
It was part of the province of Cádiz until 14 March 1995.
On that date, Statutes of Autonomy were passed for both Ceuta and Melilla.
Ceuta, like Melilla and the Canary Islands, was classified as a free port before Spain joined the European Union.
Its population consists of Christians, Muslims, and small minorities of Sephardic Jews and ethnic Sindhis from modern-day Pakistan.
Spanish is the only official language.
Darija Arabic is also spoken by 15–20% of the population.
The name Abyla has been said to have been a Punic name （"Lofty Mountain" or "Mountain of God"） for Jebel Musa, the southern Pillar of Hercules.
The name of the mountain was in fact Habenna （Punic: 𐤀𐤁‬𐤍‬, ʾbn, "Stone" or "Stele"） or ʾAbin-ḥīq （𐤀𐤁‬𐤍𐤇‬𐤒, ʾbnḥq, "Rock of the Bay"）, in reference to the nearby Bay of Benzú.
The name was hellenized variously as Ápini （Greek: Ἄπινι）, Abýla （Ἀβύλα）, Abýlē （Ἀβύλη）, Ablýx （Ἀβλύξ）, and Abílē Stḗlē （Ἀβίλη Στήλη, "Pillar of Abyla"） and in Latin as Abyla Mons （"Mount Abyla"） or Abyla Columna （"the Pillar of Abyla"）.
The settlement below Jebel Musa was later renamed for the seven hills around the site, collectively referred to as the "Seven Brothers" （Greek: Ἑπτάδελφοι...