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Oran (Arabic: وَهران, romanized: Wahrān) [a] is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers , because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance.
History. Oran was founded at the beginning of the 10th century by Andalusian merchants as a base for trade with the North African hinterland, and it developed commercially owing to its sea connections with Europe. It became the port for the North African kingdom of Tlemcen in 1437 and also was an entrepôt for trade with the Sudan.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Oran, Algeria. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Prior to 19th century. [edit] 903 CE – Ouahran founded by Andalusian Umayyad traders (traditional date). [1]
Founded in the 10th century by Andalusians as a base for trade with the northern African hinterland, it was held by the Spanish from 1509 to 1708, when it fell to the Ottomans. It was devastated by an earthquake in 1790, and in 1792 the Ottomans settled a Jewish community there.
A few years later, Oran was occupied by Spanish forces who remained in place for two centuries, until Ottoman troops took control of the city. Destroyed by two major earthquakes and emptied of its population by a Plague epidemic, Oran became a key destination for European colonization in Algeria.
The epic, often romanticised, tale of the Barbarossas and the founding of the Regency provides in succinct summary the material for many of the misperceptions that continue to surround the three centuries’ history of Ottoman Algeria. Interpretations of the Ottoman period have tended to fall into one of two broad camps, both very much defined ...
Oran has a long and rich history. It was first inhabited by the Phoenicians in the 10th century BC, and later by the Romans, Vandals, and Byzantines. The city was conquered by the Spanish in 1509 and remained under their rule until 1708.
