Melilla

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Melilla?North African coast, eastern side of Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco
2. How many people live in Melilla?86,487 (2019 estimate)
3. What is the capital of Melilla?Melilla
4. What language do people speak in Melilla?Official: Spanish; Widely spoken: Tarifit
5. What is the political status?Autonomous City of Spain; Special territory of the European Union
6. What is the historical autonomy granted?14 March 1995

Irredentist Claim: A claim by a state to territory that it considers historically or ethnically part of its own nation.
Diglossia: The situation where two distinct languages or dialects are used by a single language community.
Statute of Autonomy: A fundamental law that grants a region significant self-governing powers within a country.
Schengen Convention: An international treaty that abolished internal border checks between participating European countries.