Oran Province ( ar, ولاية وهران, ) is a

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wilayah A wilayah ( ar, وَلاية, wālāya or ''wilāya'', plural ; Urdu and fa, ولایت, ''velâyat''; tr, vilayet) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as " governorate". The word comes f ...

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whose seat is the city of the same name.

Geography

It is located in the northwestern part of the country. Its population is 1,584,607 and it covers a total area of 2,114 km². The province is bordered to the east by

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, to the southeast by

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, to the southwest by

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, and to the west by Aïn Témouchent Province.

History

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.

Administrative divisions

As of 1984, the province is divided into 9

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s''), which are further divided into 26 ''communes'' or municipalities.

Districts

# Aïn El Turk #

Arzew Arzew or Arzeu ( ar, أرزيو Berber; ) is a port city in Algeria, 25 miles (40 km) from Oran. It is the capital of Arzew District, Oran Province. History Antiquity Like the rest of North Africa, the site of modern-day Arzew was ori ...

Bethioua Bethioua (Berber language: Ibeṭṭiwen, ar, بطيوة, formerly ''Arzew'', under French rule, called ''Vieil Arzew'' then ''Saint Leu'') is a town and region in the wilaya of Oran in the west of Algeria. It has a gas port, petrochemical facili ...

Bir El Djir Bir El Djir is a town located close north-east of Oran in the Oran Province, Algeria. According to the 2009 census it has a population of 171,883. University Bir El Djir hosts the University of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed 2022 Mediterranean Game ...

# Boutlélis #

Es Sénia Es Sénia ( ar, السانية) (formerly La Sénia) is a municipality in Oran Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital ...

Gdyel Gdyel ( ar, قديل), former ''Saint-Cloud'', is a town and commune in District Gdyel, Oran Province, Algeria, about 15 miles to the east of Oran Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. ...

# Oran # Oued Tlélat

Communes

# Aïn Bya # Aïn El Kerma # Aïn El Turk # Ben Freha #

# Boufatis # Bousfer # Boutlélis # El Ançor # El Braya # El Kerma #

# Hassi Ben Okba # Hassi Bounif # Hassi Mefsoukh #

Mers El Hadjadj Mers El Hadjadj is a town and commune in Oran Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 14,167. Environment Mars El Hadjadj is located at the extreme east of the Oran wilaya, between the towns of Bethioua in the east a ...

Mers El Kébir Mers El Kébir ( ar, المرسى الكبير, translit=al-Marsā al-Kabīr, lit=The Great Harbor ) is a port on the Mediterranean Sea, near Oran in Oran Province, northwest Algeria. It is famous for the attack on the French fleet in 1940, in t ...

Misserghin Misserghin is a city in Boutlélis District, Oran Province, Algeria. Its territory is mainly covered by a salt lake called the ''Sebkha of Oran''. In city, the known fruit clementine were discovered by Father Clément Rodier in 1892. Dr. Ch ...

# Oran # Oued Tlélat # Sidi Ben Yebka # Sidi Chami # Tafraoui

References

Bibliography

External links

Site internet de la Direction de la planification et de l'aménagement du territoire de la wilaya d'Oran

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