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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.
Oran covered 67,262 km², encompassing five sub-prefectures of Mascara, Mostaganem, Sidi Bel Abbès, Tiaret and Tlemcen. It was only in the 1950s that the Sahara was annexed into departmentalised Algeria, which explains why the département of Oran limited itself to what is the northwest of Algeria today. However, prior to departmentalisation ...
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.
After the Fall of France in 1940 and the armistice between France and Nazi Germany, the British War Cabinet was apprehensive about control over the French navy.The French and German navies combined could alter the balance of power at sea, threatening British imports over the Atlantic and communications with the rest of the British Empire.
Seghier Ben Ali, 1967–1975 [citation needed]; Briki Abdelkader, 1975–1979; Seghier Djillali, 1979–1980; Benamar Lahouari, 1980–1983; Benkoula Tayeb, 1983–1984
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 ...
The Ahmed Zabana National Museum (Arabic: المتحف الوطني أحمد زبانة, El-mathaf El-ouatani Ahmed Zabana) is a museum located in Oran, Algeria, and named after the Algerian national hero Ahmed Zabana who was executed by the French on May 19, 1956, in Algiers.