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Encyclopedia > Mers el Kebir

Mers-el-Kebir is a town in northwestern Algeria, located by the Mediterranean Sea near Oran, in the Oran Province.


History

Mers-el-Kebir was captured by the Spanish under Cardinal Cisneros in 1505.


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