Melilla

Melilla is a charming Spanish exclave in , with a small surface area of just 14 km² and a population of around 85,000 inhabitants, 130 km from the Spanish mainland, in the heart of the Rif region, bordered to the east by the Alboran Sea and to the south by .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hernandez Park and Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro.

Park
Photo: Miguel González Novo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hernández Park is a historic garden located in the center of the autonomous city of , , and is situated in the Modernist Expansion District on Plaza de España.

Stadium
Photo: Alex Smile, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Estadio Álvarez Claro is a stadium in , . It is currently used for football matches and it is the home venue of UD Melilla. It was inaugurated on 29 September 1945.

Stadium
Photo: Miguel González Novo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a bullring in , . It is currently used for bullfighting. The stadium was built in 1946 and holds 8,800 people.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beni Ansar and Farkhana.

Town
Photo: Aït Nsar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in , , , located 12 km north of the city of . It is bordered on the north by the Spanish city of . is situated 3½ km south of Melilla.

Town
Photo: Ángel Gutiérrez Rubio, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in , , . According to the 2004 census, it has a population of 10,994. is situated 3½ km west of Melilla.

Melilla

Latitude
35.2922° or 35° 17′ 32″ north
Longitude
-2.9443° or 2° 56′ 40″ west
Population
87,100
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
8C7V73R4+V7
Geo­Names ID
6362988
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Melilla” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሜሊላ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Melilla”
  • Bengali: “মেলিল্লা”
  • French: “Melilla”
  • German: “Melilla”
  • Hausa: “Melilla”
  • Japanese: “メリリャ”
  • Javanese: “Melilla”
  • Kazakh: “Мелилла”
  • Kirghiz: “Мелилла”
  • Korean: “멜리야”
  • Malay: “Melilla”
  • Oromo: “Melilla”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੇਲਿੱਲਾ”
  • Persian: “ملیلیا”
  • Portuguese: “Melilha”
  • Pushto: “ملیلا”
  • Russian: “Мелилья”
  • Somali: “Melilla”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Melilla”
  • Spanish: “Melilla”
  • Swahili: “Melilla”
  • Tajik: “Мелилла”
  • Tatar: “Мелилла”
  • Uzbek: “Melilla”

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