Oran - وهران
edition published: 2020-01-10-06:00
language: en
availability: Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Oran; وهران; Wahrān; Ouahran; Orán; وهران مراس
[T]he chief port of western Algeria (lat. 35° 45ʹ N., long. 0° 38ʹ W.). It is dominated by the Djebel Murdjadjo (400 m/1,312 feet) and sheltered within one of the large bays of the southwestern Mediterranean.
ومنها الى مدينة وهران مراس لا مدن لها مشهورة كمرسى عطا وليس به احد يسكنه وقصر الفلوس
location: 35.69906 -0.63588
identifier: https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5400
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/5400
identifier: http://www.geonames.org/2485926/oran.html
Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal 52
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition P. Bearman
http://www.geonames.org/2485926/oran.html GeoNames Marc Wick