Orán Department

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| seat = San Ramón de la Nueva Orán

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: For the historical département in Algeria, see Oran (department).

Orán is a department of the province of Salta (Argentina).{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/argentina-admin.php|title=Argentina: Administrative Division|publisher=citypopulation |language=es}}{{Cite book|url=http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/441/download/13645|title=CENTRO LATINOAMERICANO Y CARIBEÑO DE DEMOGRAFÍA (CELADE)|publisher=World Bank|year=1970}} It has about 124,000 residents.{{Cite web |title=Cultura e Historia – Orán |url=https://oran.gob.ar/cultura-e-historia/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |publisher=Department of Orán |language=es}}

Seismicity

The seismicity of the Salta area is frequent and of low intensity, with medium to severe earthquakes every 40 years.{{cite web | url=http://www.inpres.gov.ar/seismology/historicos.php | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220160119/http://www.inpres.gov.ar/seismology/historicos.php | archive-date=20 February 2013 | title=Instituto Nacional de Prevención Sísmica }}{{cite journal |url = http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?pid=S0004-48222006000400011&script=sci_arttext |title = Fenómenos de licuefacción asociados a terremotos históricos. Su análisis en la evaluación del peligro sísmico en la Argentina |journal = Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina |date = December 2006 |volume = 61 |issue = 4 |pages = 567–578 |trans-title=Liquefaction phenomena associated with historic earthquakes. Their analysis in the evaluation of seismic hazard in Argentina |access-date = September 24, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131012053128/http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?pid=S0004-48222006000400011&script=sci_arttext |archive-date = 2013-10-12 |language=es |last1 = Perucca |first1 = L. |last2 = Pérez |first2 = A. |last3 = Navarro |first3 = C. }}

Flora

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Fauna

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References

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