Melilla is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast, on the eastern side of Cape Three Forks along the Morocco-Spain border. It lies adjacent to the Moroccan port town of Beni Ansar and faces the Mediterranean Sea, and covers an area of about 12.3 square kilometers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Connections
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1. Melilla (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 86,780 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 35.2825, longitude -2.9475
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 30 m
P2046 (area)
area 12.338 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 86780 (2025)
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 35.2825,-2.9475
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 30.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, -2.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, -2.75
35.25 -2.75 Csa
4. GeoNames: Melilla - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2513947Quote, cities500 record 2513947
35.29369 -2.93833 P PPLA ES ML ME 52001 85985 14 Africa/Ceuta
Melilla (Wikipedia)
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Melilla (, Spanish: [meˈliʝa] ; Tarifit: Mřič) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast.
- In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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