Mers El Kébir
Mers El Kébir
بلدية المرسى الكبير Baladiyya al-Marsā al-Kabīr | |
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| Commune of Mers El Kébir | |
View of Mers El Kébir | |
Location of Mers El Kébir within Oran Province | |
| Coordinates: 35°43′43″N 0°42′25″W / 35.72861°N 0.70694°W | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Province | Oran |
| District | Aïn El Turk |
| Government | |
| • PMA Seats | 9 |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.98 km2 (4.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 16,950 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Postal code | 31310 |
| ONS code | 3115 |
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Mers El Kébir (Arabic: المرسى الكبير, romanized: al-Marsā al-Kabīr, lit. 'The Great Harbor' ⓘ) 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.