Flag of Ceuta

What the flag looks like

A field divided into eight triangles alternating black and white, like a pinwheel, with Ceuta's coat of arms in the center: the crowned shield of Portugal.

What it means

The black-and-white gyronny is the flag of Lisbon and the shield is Portugal's, a legacy of the Portuguese capture of Ceuta in 1415.

How to remember it

Ceuta flies Lisbon's black-and-white pinwheel with Portugal's shield in the middle: a Spanish city in Portuguese colors.

Fun facts

• Portugal captured Ceuta in 1415; the city stayed with the Spanish crown when Portugal regained its independence in 1640.
• It is one of two Spanish cities on the North African mainland, the other being Melilla.

Ceuta at a glance

Status

Autonomous city of Spain

Sovereign state

Spain

Capital

Ceuta

Region

Autonomous city of Spain

Population

84,222

Area

19 km²

Languages

Spanish

Currency

Euro (€)

Flag adopted

1995