Oran is Algeria's second largest city, with an internal population of about 1 million inhabitants and a regional population of about 2 million. In the past several years, there has been a large increase in international business and trade.

During wartime, Oran was ruled by the Vichy French government of Marshall Petain until it fell on November 8 1942 to Allied forces. The city became a logistical base and an important headquarters for the allied effort against Germany's Afrika Korps.  HOTEL .Le Restaurant de l'Hôtel Sheraton