Oran Province

Oran Province ولاية وهران
Province
Admeenistrative map o Oran province
Map o Algerie heichlichtin Oran
Coordinates: 35°42′N 0°38′W / 35.700°N 0.633°W / 35.700; -0.633
Kintra	Algerie
Caipital	Oran
Govrenment
• PPA president	Mrs. Ayad Ratiba[1] (RND)
• Wāli	Mr. Tahar Sakrane
Area
• Total	2114 km2 (816 sq mi)
Population  (2009)[2]
• Total	1,584,607
• Density	750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Aurie Code	+213 (0) 41
ISO 3166 code	DZ-31
Destricts	9
Municipalities	26

Oran (Arabic: ولاية وهران‎) is a province (wilaya) in Algerie whose seat is the ceety o the same name.

It is locatit in the northwastren pairt o the kintra. Its population is 1,584,607^[2] an it covers a total aurie o 2,114 km². The province is bordered tae the east bi the provinces o Mostaganem, tae the sooth east bi Mascara, tae the sooth wast bi Sidi Bel Abbes, an tae the wast bi Aïn Témouchent.

The province wis formed frae the umwhile French depairtment o Oran, which wis maintained efter unthirldom an wis transformed intae a wilaya (province) bi the ordnance o 1968. It inheritit its current structur efter the re-organization o 1974, when it lost its wastren an soothren pairts in favor o the creation o Sidi Bel Abbès Province.

As o 1984, the province is dividit intae 9 destricts (daïras), which are further dividit intae 26 communes or municipalities.

1. ↑ http://www.oran-dz.com/actualite/article46.html
2. ↑ ^{a b} Wilaya d'Oran - Annuaire statistique 2009 - p.15.

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