El Kerma

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El Kerma

Total population

25,636

Air quality index

31Good

Elevation108 m

Coordinates35.62°, -0.58°

Demographic figures from Office National des Statistiques (Algeria). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

El Kerma is a town and commune in Oran Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 13,637.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

A

Antoine Pons

French association football player (1922-1996)

A

Antoinette Moya

French actress (1928–2021)

A

Armand Touati

French publisher (1952–2005)

B

Baghdad Rachem

Canadian athletics competitor

Bernard Andrès

Canadian professor and writer

B

Bernard Karsenty

French resistance member (1920–2007)

B

Bernard Murat

French actor and film director

B

Bernard Paganotti

French musician

Richard Ayoun

French historian (1948–2008)

B

Bouabdellah Daoud

Algerian footballer

B

Bouazza Feham

Algerian footballer

C

Camille Malvy

French association football player

C

Camille Teissonnier

French association football player

Chantal Guittet

French politician

Charles Allé

French association football player (1904-1994)

C

Charles Benfredj

French jurist and lawyer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Oran

• Hassi El Biod
  2.1 mi away
• Es-Senia
  3.3 mi away · pop. 97,500
• Lḥamul
  4 mi away
• Sidi Maarouf
  4.9 mi away
• Aïn Beida
  5.1 mi away
• Douar Sidi Maarouf
  5.3 mi away
• Hassi Bounif
  6.8 mi away · pop. 63,581
• Oued El Gassab
  7 mi away
• Hassi Bouamama
  7.1 mi away
• Belhadef
  7.2 mi away
• Hassi Ameur
  8.4 mi away
• Oued Tlelat
  8.5 mi away · pop. 19,384

Browse all places in Oran →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

African Sandalwood

Osyris lanceolata

Seen 2026-10-09

Mediterranean Banded Centipede

Scolopendra cingulata

Seen 2026-10-02

Ring-legged Earwig

Euborellia annulipes

Seen 2026-09-03

Blue-eyed Ensign Wasp

Evania appendigaster

Seen 2026-08-06

Black burrowing bug

Cydnus aterrimus

Seen 2026-08-03

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-08-01

Oedipoda charpentieri

Oedipoda charpentieri

Seen 2026-07-21

House Centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata

Seen 2026-07-21

Mediterranean red bug

Scantius aegyptius

Seen 2026-07-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).