Algeria By: Madison Weidner “By the people and for the people”

Algeria

By:

Madison Weidner

“By the people and for the people”

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.

Algeria

• Algeria’s population is about 34,000,000 people.

• About 81% of the people speak Arabic.

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 Currency

• People of Algeria use the dinar currency.

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