🔆 Ceuta Enclave
📍 Why in News?
✅ At least 34 people died while attempting to cross from Morocco into Spain’s Ceuta enclave.
📍 About Ceuta Enclave
✅ A Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa, bordering Morocco near the Strait of Gibraltar.
✅ It is an exclave of Spain, geographically separated from mainland Europe.
📍 Political Status
✅ An autonomous city of Spain and an integral part of the European Union (EU).
✅ Morocco claims sovereignty over Ceuta, leading to a long-standing territorial dispute.
📍 Strategic Significance
✅ Along with Melilla, Ceuta forms the European Union’s only land border with Africa.
✅ Serves as a major gateway for migration, trade, and security cooperation between Europe and Africa.
📍 Prelims Pointer
✅ Country Administering: Spain
✅ Continent: Africa
✅ Borders: Morocco
✅ Nearby Water Body: Strait of Gibraltar
✅ Special Feature: One of the EU’s only land borders with Africa (along with Melilla)
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August 11, 2026 378 2
