Algeria By: Madison Weidner “By the people and for the people”
Dec 30, 2015
Algeria’s Location
• Algeria’s coordinates are 28°North and 3° East. It is the second largest country in Africa and it’s capitol is Algiers.
Algeria’s Relative Location
• Algeria is located in Northern Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea and is between Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Western Sahara.
Ottoman Empire
• 1517 – Algeria was made part of the Ottoman Empire by Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa and his brother Aruj.
• They established Algeria’s modern boundaries.• Algeria was under the Ottoman Empire until the
French colonization.
Algeria
• 1830 – France invaded Algeria.
• They took over the Ottoman Empire.
• Algeria was under the rule of France for 132 years.
Algeria’s Independence
• 1954 – Algerian War of independence.
• There was a poll that resulted in a landslide vote for complete independence.
• 1962, July 5 - Algeria became independent from France.
Government
• Algeria’s government is Parliamentary Republic
• Algeria’s current leader is Abdelaziz Bouteflika who was elected on April 27, 1999
Government Set Up
• President – 5 Year Term, Limited to Two Terms
• Prime Minister Head of Government Appointed By President
• Parliament – Lower Chamber and Upper Chamber
• Algeria is a multi-party state.
Imports and Exports
Imports• Capitol Goods• Food• Beverages• Consumer Goods
Exports• Crude Oil• Dates• Fruit• Vegetables• Natural Gas• Petroleum Products• Wine
Algeria’s Religions
• Algeria’s people are mostly Sunni – Muslim and very few others are Christian and Jewish.
• Muslims are supposed to pray five times a day, dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and evening.
• Muslim holy day is on Fridays, business are closed and sometimes close on Thursdays. This makes Thursdays and Fridays the weekend.
Algeria’s Future
• Algeria’s economy will improve with oil as one of the main exports by continuously bringing in money for the country.
• But, Algeria’s economy may decline with less or no sales of oil in the future if:– the world finds an alternate source of fuel instead of gasoline– Algeria’s natural resource of oil runs dry