Editing Ceuta (section)

== Government and administration ==
[[File:Palacio de la Asamblea de Ceuta.jpg|thumb|The Palacio de la Asamblea de Ceuta is the seat of the [[Assembly of Ceuta]].]]

Since 1995, Ceuta is, along with [[Melilla]], one of the two [[Autonomous community#autonomous cities|autonomous cities]] of Spain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/lo1-1995.html|title=Ley Orgánica 1/1995, de 13 de marzo, Estatuto de Autonomía de Ceuta|publisher=Noticias.juridicas.com|language=es|access-date=17 June 2009}}</ref>

Ceuta is known officially in Spanish as {{lang|es|Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta}} (English: ''Autonomous City of Ceuta''), with a rank between a standard [[municipalities in Spain|municipality]] and an [[autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]]. Ceuta is part of the territory of the [[European Union]]. The city was a [[free port]] before Spain joined the European Union in 1986. Now it has a low-tax system within the [[Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union]].

Since 1979, Ceuta has held elections to its 25-seat assembly every four years. The leader of its government was the Mayor until the Autonomy Statute provided for the new title of [[Mayor-President]]. {{as of|2011}}, the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] (PP) won 18 seats, keeping [[Juan Jesús Vivas]] as Mayor-President, which he has been since 2001. The remaining seats are held by the regionalist [[Caballas Coalition]] (4) and the [[Socialist Workers' Party (Spain)|Socialist Workers' Party]] (PSOE, 3).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://resultados.elpais.com/elecciones/2011/municipales/18/ |title=Resultados Electorales en Ceuta: Elecciones Municipales 2011 en EL PAÍS |publisher=EDICIONES EL PAÍS S.L. |date=2011 |language=es |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref>

Owing to its small population, Ceuta elects only one member of the [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Congress of Deputies]], the lower house of the ''[[Cortes Generales]]'' (the Spanish Parliament). {{As of|November 2019|pre=the}} election, this post is held by María Teresa López of [[Vox (political party)|Vox]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2019/11/286616/ceuta-far-right-vox-spanish-elections/|title=Ceuta Votes for Far-Right Vox Party in Spanish General Elections|website=Morocco World News|language=en|date=11 November 2019|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>

Ceuta is subdivided into 63 {{lang|es|barriadas}} ("neighborhoods"), such as Barriada de Berizu, Barriada de P. Alfonso, Barriada del Sarchal, and El Hacho.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elpueblodeceuta.es/200708/20070819/200708195101.html |title=El servicio de Policia de Barriadas podria funcionar a partir del 15 de septiembre |language=es |trans-title=The Police Service of Barriadas could work from September 15 |website=El Pueblo de Ceuta |access-date=17 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720140539/http://www.elpueblodeceuta.es/200708/20070819/200708195101.html |archive-date=20 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.planetware.com/i/map/MAR/ceuta-map.jpg |title=Map of Ceuta |website=planetware}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://codigo-postal.info/ceuta/ceuta?page=7 |title=Códigos postales de Ceuta en Ceuta |publisher=Codigo-postal.info |access-date=17 June 2009 |archive-date=28 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328070137/http://www.codigo-postal.info/ceuta/ceuta?page=7 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Ceuta maintains its own police force.