Mers El Kebir
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port town in Oran, Algeria
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Within Vinony's link graph, Mers El Kebir is referenced by 549 other articles, and connects out to Algeria, Arabic and World War II.
The entry is geolocated on the map in 31.
It sits within the topics Aïn El Turk District, Communes of Oran Province and Former Spanish colonies.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Algeria
- Province
- Oran
- District
- Aïn El Turk
- Total
- 10.98 km (4.24 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Density
- 1,544/km (3,998/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01 ( CET )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Algeria
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Aïn El Turk District
- Area
- 10.98
- Elevation
- 0
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Oran
- Image
- MOts Murdjajou surplombant Oran (13).jpg
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- postal code
- 31310
- Commons category
- Mers El Kebir
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Encyclopedic overview
Mers El Kébir (Arabic: المرسى الكبير, romanized: al-Marsā al-Kabīr, lit. 'The Great Harbor' pronunciation) is a port on the Mediterranean Sea, near Oran in Oran Province, northwest Algeria. It is famous for the attack on the French fleet in 1940, in the Second World War.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mers El Kebir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.