Street in El Houari, Oran, 2015Map of Oran in 1942, showing names of quarters
The city of Oran in Algeria is divided into eighteen administrative "secteurs urbains" (urban areas). In 1994 twelve areas were established, each with its own administration, overseen by an elected municipal delegate who manages administrative, technical, political and social affairs.(fr) Population growth led to the creation in 2017 of six additional urban areas: Akid Lotfi, Ed-Derb, Fellaoucène, Hammou Boutlélis, El-Khaldia, and Mahieddine.
List of current areas
Les 18 communal délégations et les 83 quarters of Oran.
Jean Gilly; Jean-Claude Raguin (1971), Aspects géographiques de la structure sociale d'un quartier 'européen,' le quartier Front de Mer/Michelet, (Oran) après l'Indépendance (in French), Université de Paris I