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Ceuta ( assimilated pronunciation , also ___MASK43___ :  , " Sabtah ") is an Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa , sharing a western border with Morocco . Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar , Ceuta lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean . Ceuta , along with the Spanish exclave Melilla , is one of nine populated Spanish territories in Africa and one of two populated territories on mainland Africa . It was part of Cádiz province until 14 March 1995 when the city ' s Statute of Autonomy was passed . A tariqa ( or " tariqah "; "") is the term for a school or order of Sufism , or especially for the mystical teaching and spiritual practices of such an order with the aim of seeking " Haqiqa ", which translates as " ultimate truth ". Europe and Africa are separated by of ocean at the strait ' s narrowest point . The Strait ' s depth ranges between which possibly interacted with the lower mean sea level of the last major glaciation 20 , 000 years ago when the level of the sea is believed to have been lower by . Ferries cross between the two continents every day in as little as 35 minutes . The ___MASK10___ side of the Strait is protected under El Estrecho Natural Park . Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula . It has an area of and shares its northern border with ___MASK69___ . The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region . At its foot is a densely populated city area , home to over 30 , 000 Gibraltarians and other nationalities . Melilla ( " Maliliyyah ") is a ___MASK10___ autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa , sharing a border with Morocco with an area of . Melilla , along with Ceuta , is one of two permanently inhabited ___MASK10___ cities in mainland Africa . It was part of Málaga province until 14 March 1995 when the city ' s Statute of Autonomy was passed . The Iberian Peninsula , also known as Iberia , is located in the southwest corner of Europe . The peninsula is principally divided between ___MASK72___ and ___MASK69___ , comprising most of their territory . It also includes Andorra and a small part of France along the peninsula ' s northeastern edge , as well as Gibraltar on its south coast , a small peninsula which forms an overseas territory of the United Kingdom . With an area of approximately , it is the second largest European peninsula , after the Scandinavian . Ibn al - Arif ( nickname ) or Abul Abbas Ahmad Ibn Mohammed Ibn Musa Ibn Ata Allah al - Mariyyi al - Sanhaji , also known as Al - Urruf ( born July 23 , 1088 in Almeria and died 1141 in Ceuta ) was a famous Andalusian Sufi . He is especially well known as the founder of a Sufi school or tariqa , which was based on the teachings of Ibn Masarrah , and as the author of Mahasin al - Majalis ( The Attractions of Mystical Sessions ) . Ibn al - Arif was born , and spent most of his life , in Almeria in Al - Andalus at the height of the Almoravid power . His father came from Tangier and his family belonged to the Berber tribe of the Sanhaja . Almeria was a center of Sufism at that time . He and Ibn Barrajan , another Andalusian Sufi based in Seville , gathered around themselves a large number of followers , which attracted the attention of the Almoravid authorities . In 1141 both men were called to Marrakech by the sultan Ali ibn Yusuf , where they were accused of `` professing heterodox doctrines . '' Ibn al - Arif defended himself and was released , but died shortly after . According to Ibn al - Abbar , either `` the sultan was convinced of Ibn al - Arif ' s excellence and piety and ordered him to be released and escorted to Ceuta '' where he died of an illness , or `` Ibn al - Arif was poisoned on his return journey , while making the sea crossing . '' His tomb is in Marrakech . Cádiz (; see other pronunciations below ) is a city and port in southwestern ___MASK69___ . It is the capital of the province of Cádiz , one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia . Haqiqa ( ___MASK43___ " truth ") is one of " the four stages " in Sufism , " shari  a " ( exoteric path ), " tariqa " ( esoteric path ), " haqiqa " ( mystical truth ) and " marifa " ( final mystical knowledge , " unio mystica ").