City · Algeria
Mers el Kebir
Mers El Kébir 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.
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- Population: 20,178.
- Known for: attack on the French fleet in 1940, in the Second World War.
- Area: 11 sq km.
- Timezone: Africa/Algiers.