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Administrative map of French Algeria from 1934 to 1955, showing the Oran department in pink Geographical map of the departement of Oran in 1930. Oran (Arabic: وَهران, romanized: Wahrān) was a French département in Algeria existing from 1848 until 1974. Originally a French province, it was departmentalised on 9 December 1848.
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.
The province was formed from the former French department of Oran, which was maintained after independence and was transformed into a wilaya (province) by the ordnance of 1968. It inherited its current structure after the re-organization of 1974, when it lost its western and southern parts in favor of the creation of Sidi Bel Abbès Province .
The Oran Marching Division stalled in front of El Fahs, which it took on 7 May 1943. [5] It was then credited with encircling Djebel Oust on 9 May 1943 and Djebel Zaghouan on 13 May 1943. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It was disbanded on 30 June 1943, with some of its elements joining the 8th Algerian Infantry Division.
1930–32 – Sénia, the Oran aérodrome, is where several world records of duration and distance in closed loop are established. [citation needed] 1931 - Population: 187,981. 1936 - Population: 217,819 inhabitants in Oran. On August 1, 1936, the French designer and couturier Yves Saint Laurent was born in Oran.
Oran was a particularly important place in French Algeria. Oran stood out for its unique demography. In the 1931 census, over 80% of the inhabitants were reportedly European, a proportion that increased drastically after 1939 when a new wave of Spaniards migrated there to flee the Spanish Civil War . [ 10 ]
Street in El Houari, Oran, 2015 Map of Oran in 1942, showing names of quarters The city of Oran in Algeria is divided into eighteen administrative "secteurs urbains" (urban areas). In 1994 twelve areas were established, [ 1 ] each with its own administration, overseen by an elected municipal delegate who manages administrative, technical ...
Seghier Ben Ali, 1967–1975 [citation needed]; Briki Abdelkader, 1975–1979; Seghier Djillali, 1979–1980; Benamar Lahouari, 1980–1983; Benkoula Tayeb, 1983–1984