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'''Oran''' ({{lang-ar|وَهران|Wahrān}}){{efn|{{IPAc-en|ɔː|ˈ|r|ɑː|n|}} <small>also</small> {{IPAc-en|UK|ə|ˈ|r|ɑː|n|,_|ə|ˈ|r|æ|n}}, {{IPAc-en|US|oʊ|ˈ|r|ɑː|n|,_|oʊ|ˈ|r|æ|n|,_|ɔː|ˈ|r|ɑ̃}},<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Oran|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/english/oran|title=Oran|work=[[Collins English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=15 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415105405/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/english/oran|archive-date=15 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/Oran "Oran"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415103902/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/Oran |date=2019-04-15 }} (US) and {{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Oran |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805221043/https://www.lexico.com/definition/oran |archive-date=2020-08-05 |title=Oran |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Oran|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref> {{IPA-fr|ɔʁɑ̃|lang}}; {{IPA-ar|wah.raːn|lang}}}} 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. It is {{convert|432|km|0|abbr=on}} west-southwest from Algiers. The total population of the city was 803,329 in 2008,<ref name=citypop>{{Cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/Algeria-Cities.html |title=The provinces of Algeria and all cities of over 25,000 inhabitants |website=Citypopulation.de |access-date=2008-04-14 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140817143616/http://www.citypopulation.de/Algeria-Cities.html |archive-date=2014-08-17 |url-status=live }}</ref> while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000,<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://eps.revues.org/index2408.html|title=Une périurbanisation officielle dans un site contraignant|first=Abdellah|last=Messahel|date=1 June 2008|journal=Espace Populations Sociétés. Space Populations Societies|issue=2008/1|pages=89–99|access-date=23 June 2018|doi=10.4000/eps.2408|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527225743/http://eps.revues.org/index2408.html|archive-date=27 May 2013|url-status=live|doi-access=free}}</ref> making it the second-largest city in Algeria.<ref>[http://www.visitoran.com/city/about.asp About Oran] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129140331/http://www.visitoran.com/city/about.asp |date=2008-01-29 }}—from the city's website.</ref>