Bir El Djir (Arabic: بئر الجير), formerly known as Arcole, is a town and commune in the Oran Province, Algeria.

It is an eastern suburb of Oran, the province's capital.

The name of the town is thought to come from the Arabic words بئر (bir) and جِير (jir), which together translate roughly as "spring [of] the lime", or "lime spring".

Bir El Djir hosts the University of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed [1] Bir El Djir is one of the three venues that held the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran.

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