Why Spain (Still) Has Cities in Africa

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• KH

  @KhAnubis · 4 years ago · pinned

  Again, huge thanks to Paradox Interactive for sponsoring this video! I&apos;ve been really excited to work with them since they&apos;re behind so many of my favorite video games (as you could maybe tell from the EU4/Stellaris/etc. references I&apos;ve made in past videos). Be sure to get the Fate of Iberia expansion pack for CK3 when it comes out 31.May <a href="https://play.crusaderkings.com/KhAnubis">https://play.crusaderkings.com/KhAnubis</a>

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• TY

  @TYA107 · 1 month ago

  we ALL came here for a reason...

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• RR

  @rr08_jxn · 2 months ago

  came &nbsp;here after moroccans breached ceuta border in 2026

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• RA

  @Rawndi44 · 2 months ago

  Insane algorithm pull

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• KA

  @kagehebi95 · 2 years ago

  Essentially, this makes Spain one of the few cross-continental countries in the world.

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• מ.

  @מ.מ-ה9ד · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIn7OkBPhc0&amp;t=14">0:14</a> Yes, Czechia would definitely be landlocked if that would happen.

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• JE

  @jesusdavis2941 · 4 years ago

  In Spanish the term plazas de soberanía is not currently used for Ceuta &amp; Melilla, it&apos;s used only for the outlying islands

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• GE

  @geography_joe · 4 years ago

  I’ve been to Ceuta on my way to Morocco, it was shocking to see how tall the border fences are. But ceuta itself was weirdly unremarkable, with the same architecture I’d expect from anywhere else in Spain. Its really quite interesting, plus there are more spanish flags in ceuta than I’d seen anywhere else

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• FS

  @FS-flash · 2 years ago (edited)

  It is not so uncommon. Turkey also still have a small part of Europe with a big city (Istanbul/Constantinopel). Russia still has an exclave inbetween Germany and Poland, (Kaliningrad)

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• FL

  @floppyearfriend · 4 years ago

  Hey, I know I already pointed this out in a different video, but since my native language is Spanish I want to point out again that I really appreciate the efforts you make to pronounce foreign names correctly. Even if it&apos;s not 100% perfect it really does make your videos look better researched, and it makes your content much more enjoyable to watch.<br>A lot of youtubers really mangle foreign pronunciations and it makes me wonder just how informed they are when they do things like mess up the Spanish soft G.

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• SA

  @samwill7259 · 4 years ago

  &quot;Straights of Gibraltar&quot; is a way lamer name, wish we kept calling it &quot;The Pillars of Hercules&quot;

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• GG

  @gglp2457 · 1 month ago

  Ceuta y Melilla formaron parte del reino visigodo de Hispania, antes incluso de la invasión musulmana de la Penísula Ibérica en en año 711 de nuestra era. Posteriormente, y tras la reconquista, Ceuta fue brevemete portuguesa, pero en esencia regresaron al reino de España en el Sigo XVI. O sea, que son España desde antes de que USA existiera si quiera. Antes, incluso de que el reino de Marruecos existiera también. Así que, independientemente de dónde se encuentren situadas, son más españolas que América americana. NO SON COLONIAS, nunca lo han sido. Ceuta y Melilla son Ciudades Autónomas, no plazas de soberanía.

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