It is located on a peninsula whose promontory forms one of the Pillars of Hercules .
Food processing is an important activity, and tourism is growing.
In the 1990s Ceuta became a way station for many sub-Saharan Africans fleeing civil wars or other strife in their homelands and attempting to emigrate to Europe. Listing from Electric Library , a pay service. Copyright 2001 Infonautics Corporation . All rights reserved. 39K The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2000, Columbia University Press.