Oran, Algeria - Banque d'Algerie / Ban of Algeria - postcard c.1910

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• Picture / Image:  Oran - La Banque d'Algerie (Bank of Algeria)
• Publisher:  ND Phot.
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Oran (Arabic: ?????? Arabic pronunciation: [Wahran], Berber: Wehran, ??????) is a major city on the northwestern Mediterranean coast of Algeria, and the second largest city of the country. It is closely associated with its neighboring city, Aïn Témouchent. Located north-west of Algeria, 432 km from the capital Algiers.

It is the capital of the Oran Province (wilaya). The city has a population of 759,645 (2008^[1]), while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000,^[2] making it the second largest city in Algeria.^[3] Oran is a major port, and since the 1960s has been the commercial, industrial, and educational centre of western Algeria.

Oran was founded in 903 by Moorish Andalusi traders^[4] but was captured by the Spanish under Cardinal Cisneros in 1509. Spanish sovereignty lasted until 1708, when the city was conquered by the Ottomans. Spain recaptured the city in 1732. However, its value as a trading post had decreased greatly, so King Charles IV sold the city to the Turks in 1792. Ottoman rule lasted until 1831, when it fell to the French.

During French rule over Algeria, Oran was the capital of a département of the same name (number 92). In July 1940, the British navy shelled French warships in the port after they refused a British ultimatum to surrender which was designed to ensure the fleet would not fall into German hands. The action increased the hatred of the Vichy regime for Britain but convinced the world that the British would fight on alone against Nazi Germany and its allies. The Vichy government held Oran during World War II until its capture by the Allies in late 1942, during Operation Torch.

Before the Algerian War, 1954–1962, Oran had one of the highest proportions of Europeans of any city in North Africa. However, shortly after the end of the war, most of the Europeans and Sephardic Jews living in Oran fled to France. A massacre of Europeans, four days after the vote for Algerian independence, triggered the exodus to France. In less than three months Oran lost about half its population.

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theme=topographical: rest of the world

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county/ country=algeria

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period=pre - 1914

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