# Ceuta or Sebta? Why one city has two names and a disputed status

https://mins.news/en/item/95714

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-12 00:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/12/ceuta-or-sebta-why-one-city-has-two-names-and-a-disputed-status?traffic_source=rss

> King Felipe VI’s first visit as monarch to Ceuta and Melilla puts Spain’s unresolved sovereignty dispute with Morocco back in focus. Spain considers the two North African cities its territory; Morocco claims them as its own. The article traces Ceuta’s different names and its history under Muslim, Portuguese and Spanish rule.

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