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History of Morocco

The history of Morocco spans over twelve centuries, without taking classical antiquity into consideration.
Archaeological evidence has shown that the area was inhabited by hominids at least 400,000 years ago. The recorded history of Morocco begins with the Phoenician colonization of the Moroccan coast between the 8th and 6th centuries BC, although the area was inhabited by indigenous Berbers for some two thousand years before that. In the 5th century BC, the city-state of Carthage extended its hegemony over the coastal areas. They remained there until the late 3rd century BC, while the hinterland was ruled by indigenous monarchs. Indigenous Berber monarchs ruled the territory from the 3rd century BC until 40 BC, when it was annexed to the Roman Empire. In the mid-5th century AD, it was overrun by Vandals, before being recovered by the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century.


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Ceuta


00:01:14 1 Names
00:02:24 2 History
00:02:32 2.1 Ancient
00:04:24 2.2 Medieval
00:07:40 2.3 Portuguese
00:10:51 2.4 Iberian Union
00:12:07 2.5 Spanish
00:14:58 3 Geography
00:15:28 3.1 Climate
00:16:31 4 Politics
00:17:59 4.1 Subdivisions
00:18:19 4.2 Dispute with Morocco
00:19:11 5 Economy
00:20:13 5.1 Transport
00:21:01 6 Demographics
00:21:47 6.1 Religion
00:23:03 6.2 Education
00:23:33 7 Migrants
00:24:02 8 Notable people from Ceuta
00:24:12 8.1 1083 to 1700
00:25:27 8.2 1700 to 1800
00:26:44 8.3 1800 to 1950
00:28:31 8.4 1950 to date
00:29:53 9 Twin towns and sister cities



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Ceuta ( or ) is an 18.5 km2 (7 sq mi) Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa, separated by 14 km (9 mi) from Cadiz province on the Spanish mainland by the Strait of Gibraltar and sharing a 6.4 km (4 mi) land border with M'diq-Fnideq Prefecture in the Kingdom of Morocco. It lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean and is one of nine populated Spanish territories in Africa and, along with Melilla, one of two populated territories on mainland Africa. It was part of Cádiz province until 14 March 1995 when both Ceuta and Melilla's Statutes of Autonomy were passed, the latter having been part of Málaga province.
Ceuta, like Melilla and the Canary Islands, was a free port before Spain joined the European Union. As of 2011, it has a population of 82,376. Its population consists of Christians, Muslims and small minorities of Sephardic Jews and ethnic Sindhi Hindus.
Spanish is the official language, while Darija Arabic is also spoken by 40–50% of the population, which is of Moroccan origin.