Mers El Kébir

Mers El Kébir is a port on the Mediterranean Sea, near in , northwest . It is famous for the attack on the French fleet in 1940, in the Second World War.
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  • Type: Town with 18,000 residents
  • Description: port town in Oran, Algeria
  • Also known as: “El Marsa el Kebir”, “El Mersa el Kebir”, “Mers el Kabir”, and “Mers El Kebir”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mers El Kebir Naval Base.

Naval base
Photo: Zerbout, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aïn El Turk and Oran.

Town
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Ain El Turk is the capital of Ain el-Turck District. It is located about fifteen kilometers from in the north-west of . The district contains nine municipalities. It now hosts an important seaside resort. is situated 4½ km west of Mers El Kébir.

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is the second largest city in Algeria and the capital of province, with more than 1,500,000 people.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 9 km northwest of Mers El Kébir.

Mers El Kébir

Latitude
35.72772° or 35° 43′ 40″ north
Longitude
-0.70855° or 0° 42′ 31″ west
Population
18,000
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DZ MKR
Open location code
8C7XP7HR+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 979483576
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2487852
Wiki­data ID
Q31085
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Mers El Kébir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المرسى الكبير”
  • Arabic: “بلدية المرسى الكبير”
  • Asturian: “Mazalquivir”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mers əl-Kəbir”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mərs-əl-Kəbir”
  • Basque: “Mers el-Kebir”
  • Bulgarian: “Мерс ел-Кебир”
  • Catalan: “Mers el-Kebir”
  • Catalan: “Mers-el-Kébir”
  • Cebuano: “Mers el Kebir”
  • Chinese: “Mers el-Kébir”
  • Chinese: “凱比爾港”
  • Dutch: “Mars al-Kabir”
  • Dutch: “Mars-al-Kabir”
  • Dutch: “Mers el-Kebir”
  • Dutch: “Mers el-Kébir”
  • Dutch: “Mers-el-Kebir”
  • Dutch: “Mers-el-Kébir”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المرسى الكبير”
  • Esperanto: “Marsalkibir”
  • Estonian: “Mers el-Kebir”
  • Estonian: “Mers el-Kébir”
  • French: “Mers El Kebir”
  • French: “Mers El Kébir”
  • French: “Mers el-Kebir”
  • French: “Mers el-Kébir”
  • French: “Mers-el-Kebir”
  • French: “Mers-El-Kébir”
  • French: “Saint André de Mers-el-Kébir” (historical)
  • German: “Mers el Kebir”
  • German: “Mers El Kébir”
  • German: “Mers-el-Kebir”
  • German: “Mers-el-Kébir”
  • Greek: “Αλ-Μάρσα-αλ-Καμπίρ”
  • Greek: “Μάρσα Καμπίρ”
  • Greek: “Μερς Ελ Κεμπίρ”
  • Hebrew: “מר אל קביר”
  • Italian: “Mers el Kebir”
  • Italian: “Mers El Kébir”
  • Italian: “Mers-el-Kebir”
  • Italian: “Mers-el-Kébir”
  • Japanese: “メルス・エル・ケビール”
  • Japanese: “メルセルケビール”
  • Kabyle: “Lmeṛsa Lekbir”
  • Korean: “메르스 엘 케비르”
  • Korean: “메르스엘케비르”
  • Macedonian: “Мерс ел-Кебир”
  • Malay: “Mers El Kébir”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mers el-Kébir”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mers-el-Kébir”
  • Norwegian: “Mers-el-Kébir”
  • Persian: “مرسى کبیر”
  • Persian: “مرسی کبیر”
  • Polish: “Al-Marsa al-Kabir”
  • Polish: “Mers el-Kebir”
  • Polish: “Mers-el-Kebir”
  • Portuguese: “Mers El Kébir”
  • Romanian: “Mers El Kébir”
  • Romanian: “Mers el-Kébir”
  • Romanian: “Mers-el-Kebir”
  • Romanian: “Mers-el-Kébir”
  • Russian: “Мерс-эль-Кебир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mers el-Kébir”
  • Slovenian: “Mers-el-Kébir”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مرسی کبیر”
  • Spanish: “Mazalquivir”
  • Spanish: “Mers el Kebir”
  • Spanish: “Mers el Kébir”
  • Spanish: “Mers el-Kebir”
  • Spanish: “Mers el-Kébir”
  • Spanish: “Mers-el-Kebir”
  • Spanish: “Mers-el-Kébir”
  • Swedish: “Mers el Kebir”
  • Swedish: “Mers El Kébir”
  • Swedish: “Mers el-Kebir”
  • Swedish: “Mers el-Kébir”
  • Swedish: “Mers-el-Kebir”
  • Swedish: “Mers-el-Kébir”
  • Turkish: “Mers El Kebir”
  • Turkish: “Mersü’l-Kebir”
  • Ukrainian: “Мерс-ель-Кебір”
  • Urdu: “مرس الکبیر”
  • Vietnamese: “Mers El Kebir”
  • Vietnamese: “Mers El Kébir”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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