Geography Atlas

Where Everything Happened
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

City

Oran

Northern Africa

Oran is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
803,329 1
Area (sq km)
2121 2
Founding Year
944 2
Population Estimate Year
2008 2
Elevation (m)
101 1
Latitude
35.69694 degrees north 2
Longitude
0.63306 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Connections

Associated With

Algeria, Countries
Source Oran (Wikipedia)
Oran Province, States or Territories

oran is associated with oran-province.

Source Oran Province (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Oran Province, States or Territories

oran is the capital of oran-province.

Source Oran Province (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Origin Of

Mohammed Chaouki Zine

Also in Philosophy Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Location Of

The Plague

Also in Literature Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Source The Plague (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph, sentence naming the settingtier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph, sentence naming the setting
The plot centers around the French Algerian city of Oran as it combats a plague outbreak and is put under a city-wide quarantine.
Sources
1. Oran (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 101 m
View the Source
2. Oran (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Oran (Arabic: وهران, romanized: Wahrān, Tamazight: ⵡⴰⵀⵔⴰⵏ) is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria.
  • Lead section
    The total population of the city was 803,329 in 2008, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000, making it the second-largest city in Algeria by population.
  • Infobox, Population year
    2008
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    2121
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    35.69694, -0.63306
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    35.69694, -0.63306
  • Wikipedia infobox field 'established_date/founded' = 'AD 944'
  • Associated With: Algeria, Infobox, Country
    algeria
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source
3. GeoNames: Oran - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2485926
    35.69906 -0.63588 P PPLA DZ 09 803329 118 Africa/Algiers
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 118 m
View the Source
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.75, -0.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.75, -0.75
35.75 -0.75 BSk
View the Source
Oran Province (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Quote, Lead section
Oran Province (Arabic: ولاية وهران, Wilāya Wahrān) is a province (wilayah) in Algeria whose seat is the city of the same name.
View the Source
Wikidata: Oran
Wikidata Q131818, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.