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Oran (Arabic: وَهران, romanized: Wahrān) [a] is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria.It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance.
1936 - Population: 217,819 inhabitants in Oran. On August 1, 1936, the French designer and couturier Yves Saint Laurent was born in Oran. 1936 - The number of Moroccans in the department of Oran is 19,902, of which 4,395 lived in the city of Oran. 1940 Beginning of the construction of the new prefecture. [citation needed]
Morocco then annexed the entire territory and, in 1985 built a 2,500-kilometer sand berm around three-quarters of Western Sahara. [164] In 1988, Morocco and the Polisario Front agreed on a United Nations (UN) peace plan, and a cease-fire and settlement plan went into effect in 1991.
Oran is like a viper sheltered under a rock: woe betide the imprudent person who touches it! — Ismail Ibn Sharif, after his defeat [ 6 ] Following these events, the Sultan of Constantinople sent an embassy to invite Moulay Ismaïl to make peace with the Algerians and to respect their territory; the Sultan of Morocco accepted this invitation.
Since the late 17th century the Algerians were able to gain possession and recognition of sovereignty over a portion of eastern Morocco around Oujda, initially after a set of victories against the Moroccan Sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif in engagements such as the Battle of Moulouya and the Siege of Oran, in which the Deylik of Algiers and Spain cooperated against Morocco.
The Oran Expedition in 1707 was a military operation led by Moulay Ismail ibn Sharif in which he attempted to extend Moroccan rule into western Algeria. [2] The battle ended in a Moroccan defeat, and the site of the battle was named after the defeated Moroccan king, Moulay Ismail.
Siege of Oran (1675–1678) : failed siege by the Regency of Algiers against the Spanish; Siege of Oran (1693) : failed attack by the Sultanate of Morocco; Siege of Oran (1707–1708) : Mustapha Bouchelaghem captures Oran from the Spanish, tied up in the War of Spanish Succession; Siege of Oran (1732) : Spain retake the city.
Oran was also hit by an earthquake in 1791, when most of the city was damaged and the Spanish who had ruled from 1509 evacuated. The French then occupied the city in 1831. [7] Santacruz was the highest of the three forts erected by the Spanish above the town of Oran which was a dominantly Muslim town with buildings of mostly Moorish ...