Oran (department)

For the departamento in Argentina, see Orán Department.

The Department of Oran (French: département d'Oran, [depaʁtəmɑ̃ dorān], Arabic: عمّالة وهران) was a French département in Algeria existing from 1848 until 1962.

Originally a French province, it was departmentalised on 9 December 1848. Its principal town, Oran, was made the prefecture of the département. There were three French départements in Algeria: Oran in the west, Alger in the center, and Constantine in the east. Oran covered 67,262 km2, encompassing five sub-prefectures of Mascara, Mostaganem, Sidi Bel Abbès, Tiaret and Tlemcen.

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