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Oran is an province in Algeria whose seat is the city of the same name.
[edit] Geography
It is located in the north-west of the country. Its population is 1,213,839 and it covers a total area of 2,114 km². The province is bordered to the east by the provinces of Mostaganem, to the south east by Mascara, to the south west by Sidi Bel Abbes and to the west by Aïn Témouchent.
[edit] History
The province was formed from the former French département of Oran, which was maintained after independence and was transformed into a wilaya (province) by the ordnance of 1968. It got its current shape after the reorganisation of 1974, when it lost its western and southern parts in favor of the creation of Sidi Bel Abbès Province.
[edit] Administrative divisions
It is made up of 13 districts and 38 municipalities as of 1984. The districts are (in no particular order):
