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A View at a Nation: Algérie
Poz eFrance, This is my first article in your magnificient country 
Today The Nation, i'll be viewing in Algeria
Sources:
Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria
CIA Facebook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ag.html
Infoplease: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107272.html
Officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country on the Mediterranean sea, the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area. It is bordered by Tunisia in the northeast, Libya in the east, Niger in the southeast, Mali and Mauritania in the southwest, a few kilometers of the Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara in the southwest, Morocco in the west and northwest, and the Mediterranean Sea in the north. Its size is almost 2,400,000 km2 with an estimated population near to 35,000,000. The capital of Algeria is Algiers.
Berbers have inhabited Algeria since at least 10,000 BC after 1000 BC, the Carthaginians began establishing settlements along the coast. The Berbers seized the opportunity offered by the Punic Wars to become independent of Carthage, and Berber kingdoms began to emerge, most notably Numidia. In 200 BC, however, they were once again taken over, this time by the Roman Republic. When the Western Roman Empire collapsed, Berbers became independent again in many areas, while the Vandals took control over other parts, where they remained until expelled by the generals of the Byzantine Emperor, Justinian I. The Byzantine Empire then retained a precarious grip on the east of the country until the coming of the Arabs in the eighth century.
The two branches, Sanhadja and Zanata, were also divided into tribes, with each Maghreb region made up of several tribes. Several Berber dynasties emerged during the Middle Ages.
After the waves of Muslim Arab armies that conquered Algeria from its former Berber rulers and the rule of the Umayyid Arab Dynasty fell, numerous dynasties emerged thereafter.
In the beginning of the 16th century, after the completion of the Reconquista, the Spanish Empire attacked the Algerian coastal area and committed many massacres against the civilian population (“over 10000 total).
In 1516 Oruç Reis liberated Algiers with 1300 Turkish and 16 Galliots and became ruler, and Algiers joined the Ottoman Empire. After his death in 1518, his brother Hayreddin Barbarossa succeeded him, the Sultan Selim I sent him 6000 soldiers and 2000 janissary with which he liberated most of the Algerian territory taken by the Spanish, from Annaba to Mostaganem
In 1541 The Holy Roman Empire attacked Algiers with a convoy of 65 warships, 451 ships and 23000 battalion including 2000 riders, but it was a total failure, and the Algerian leader Hassan Agha became a national hero. Algiers then became a great military power.
On the pretext of a slight to their consul, the French invaded Algiers in 1830. The conquest of Algeria by the French was long and particularly violent, and it resulted in the disappearance of about a third of the Algerian population(genocide is suspected).
Between 1830 and 1847 50,000 French people had emigrated to Algeria, but the conquest was slow due to intense resistance from the people. Indeed, the conquest was not technically complete until the early 1900s when the last Tuareg were conquered by General Guilain P. Denoeux.
Meanwhile, however, the French made Algeria an integral part of France, a status that would end only with the collapse of the Fourth Republic in 1958. Tens of thousands of settlers from France, Spain, Italy, and Malta moved in to farm the Algerian coastal plain and occupied significant parts of Algeria's cities. These settlers benefited from the French government's confiscation of communal land, and the application of modern agricultural techniques that increased the amount of arable land. Algeria's social fabric suffered during the occupation: literacy plummeted, while land development uprooted much of the population.
Starting from the end of the 19th century, people of European descent in Algeria as well as the native Algerian Jews, became full French citizens. After Algeria's 1962 independence, they were called Pieds-Noirs.In contrast, the vast majority of Muslim Algerians (many of which served in the French Armed Forces) received neither French citizenship nor the right to vote.
In 1954, the National Liberation Front (FLN) launched the Algerian War of Independence which was a guerrilla campaign. By the end of the war, newly elected President Charles de Gaulle, understanding that the age of empires was ending, held a plebiscite, offering Algerians three options.
The poll resulted in a landslide vote for complete independence from France. Over one million people, 10% of the population, then fled the country for France and in just a few months in mid-1962. These included most of the 1,025,000 Pieds-Noirs, as well as 81,000 Harkis.
The head of state is the President of Algeria, who is elected for a five-year term. The president, as of a constitutional amendment passed by the Parliament on November 11, 2008, is not limited to any term length. Algeria has universal suffrage at 18 years of age. The President is the head of the Council of Ministers and of the High Security Council. He appoints the Prime Minister who is also the head of government. The Prime Minister appoints the Council of Ministers.
The Algerian parliament is bicameral, consisting of a lower chamber, the National People's Assembly (APN), with 380 members; and an upper chamber, the Council Of Nation, with 144 members. The APN is elected every five years. Algeria is a multi-party state.
The military of Algeria consists of the People's National Army (ANP), the Algerian National Navy (MRA), and the Algerian Air Force (QJJ), plus the Territorial Air Defense Force. It is the direct successor of the Armée de Libération Nationale (ALN), the armed wing of the nationalist National Liberation Front, which fought French colonial occupation during the Algerian War of Independence (1954–62). The commander-in-chief of the military is the president, who is also Minister of National Defense. Total personnel includes 147,000 active, 150,000 reserve, and 187,000 paramilitary staff(as of 2008).Service in the military is compulsory for men aged 19–30, for a total of eighteen months.
Algeria is a leading military power in North Africa and has its force oriented toward its western (Morocco) and eastern (Libya) borders. Its primary military supplier has been the former Soviet Union, which has sold various types of sophisticated equipment under military trade agreements, and the People's Republic of China. Algeria has attempted, in recent years, to diversify its sources of military material.
Algeria is a member of the United Nations, African Union, OPEC and the Arab League. It also contributed towards the creation of the Maghreb Union.
Algeria is divided into 48 provinces (wilayas), 553 districts (daïras) and 1,541 municipalities (baladiyahs). Each province, district, and municipality is named after its seat, which is mostly also the largest city. According to the Algerian constitution, a province is a territorial collectivity enjoying some economic freedom. The People's Provincial Assembly is the political entity governing a province.
The Provinces are: 1. Adrar 2. Chlef 3. Laghouat 4. Oum el-Bouaghi 5. Batna 6. Béjaïa 7. Biskra
8. Béchar 9. Blida 10. Bouira 11. Tamanghasset 12. Tébessa 13. Tlemcen 14. Tiaret 15. Tizi Ouzou
16. Algiers 17. Djelfa 18. Jijel 19. Sétif 20. Saïda 21. Skikda 22. Sidi Bel Abbes 23. Annaba
24. Guelma 25. Constantine 26. Médéa 27. Mostaganem 28. M'Sila 29. Mascara 30. Ouargla
31. Oran 32. El Bayadh 33. Illizi 34. Bordj Bou Arréridj 35. Boumerdès 36. El Tarf 37 Tindouf
38. Tissemsilt 39. El Oued 40. Khenchela 41. Souk Ahras 42. Tipasa 43. Mila 44. Aïn Defla
45. Naama 46. Aïn Témouchent 47. Ghardaïa 48. Relizane
The fossil fuels energy sector is the backbone of Algeria's economy, accounting for roughly 60% of budget revenues, 30% of GDP, and over 95% of export earnings. The country ranks fourteenth in petroleum reserves, The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that in 2005, Algeria had 160 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven natural gas reserves, the eighth largest in the world.
Algeria has always been noted for the fertility of its soil. 25% of Algerians are employed in the agricultural sector. The Tell Atlas is the grain-growing land. During the time of French rule its productivity was increased substantially by the sinking of artesian wells in districts which only required water to make them fertile. Of the crops raised, wheat, barley and oats are the principal cereals. A great variety of vegetables and fruits, especially citrus products, are exported. Algeria also exports figs, dates, esparto grass, and cork. It is the largest oat market in Africa.
Algeria is known for Bertolli's olive oil spread, although the spread has an Italian background.
The most popular sports in the country are football, athletics and handball. One of the biggest events in Algerian sports was the 1982 national football team's defeat of West Germany in Gijon, Spain by a goal from Lakhdar Belloumi. But because of conflicts, and the poor conditions in Algeria through the 1990s and continuing in some areas of the country today many athletes have left Algeria for countries they could earn more in, usually France.
Algeria is rich in minerals; the country has many iron, lead, zinc, copper, calamine, antimony and mercury mines. The most productive are those of iron and zinc.
Reasons to add Algeria:
Socially:Algeria has 3,500,000 internet users, so there isnt a shortage of algerians to join. French Citizens could also join Algeria since Both countries have ties to eachother & many algerians live in France.The country would most likely be populated by algerians,french, & arabs.Other Africans might join Algeria Until their countries are added.
Economically: Algeria has large amounts of oil & iron. So they could have atleast 1 or may even multiple high iron & high oil regions. Algeria is very fertile & could also have a high grain region, although most would be medium. Algeria has 48 provinces, so the admins can pick & choose which ones they want, but the ones with high oil & iron reserves are a must, as well as Algiers.
Also It would be great to have another country other than South Africa, on the African continent.
http://www.imeem.com/radunkovic/music/cPedRi_v/gru-pravi-broj/
Song:Pravi Broj
Artist:Gru
Today The Nation, i'll be viewing in Algeria
Sources:
Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria
CIA Facebook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ag.html
Infoplease: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107272.html
Officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country on the Mediterranean sea, the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area. It is bordered by Tunisia in the northeast, Libya in the east, Niger in the southeast, Mali and Mauritania in the southwest, a few kilometers of the Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara in the southwest, Morocco in the west and northwest, and the Mediterranean Sea in the north. Its size is almost 2,400,000 km2 with an estimated population near to 35,000,000. The capital of Algeria is Algiers.
Berbers have inhabited Algeria since at least 10,000 BC after 1000 BC, the Carthaginians began establishing settlements along the coast. The Berbers seized the opportunity offered by the Punic Wars to become independent of Carthage, and Berber kingdoms began to emerge, most notably Numidia. In 200 BC, however, they were once again taken over, this time by the Roman Republic. When the Western Roman Empire collapsed, Berbers became independent again in many areas, while the Vandals took control over other parts, where they remained until expelled by the generals of the Byzantine Emperor, Justinian I. The Byzantine Empire then retained a precarious grip on the east of the country until the coming of the Arabs in the eighth century.
The two branches, Sanhadja and Zanata, were also divided into tribes, with each Maghreb region made up of several tribes. Several Berber dynasties emerged during the Middle Ages.
After the waves of Muslim Arab armies that conquered Algeria from its former Berber rulers and the rule of the Umayyid Arab Dynasty fell, numerous dynasties emerged thereafter.
In the beginning of the 16th century, after the completion of the Reconquista, the Spanish Empire attacked the Algerian coastal area and committed many massacres against the civilian population (“over 10000 total).
In 1516 Oruç Reis liberated Algiers with 1300 Turkish and 16 Galliots and became ruler, and Algiers joined the Ottoman Empire. After his death in 1518, his brother Hayreddin Barbarossa succeeded him, the Sultan Selim I sent him 6000 soldiers and 2000 janissary with which he liberated most of the Algerian territory taken by the Spanish, from Annaba to Mostaganem
In 1541 The Holy Roman Empire attacked Algiers with a convoy of 65 warships, 451 ships and 23000 battalion including 2000 riders, but it was a total failure, and the Algerian leader Hassan Agha became a national hero. Algiers then became a great military power.
On the pretext of a slight to their consul, the French invaded Algiers in 1830. The conquest of Algeria by the French was long and particularly violent, and it resulted in the disappearance of about a third of the Algerian population(genocide is suspected).
Between 1830 and 1847 50,000 French people had emigrated to Algeria, but the conquest was slow due to intense resistance from the people. Indeed, the conquest was not technically complete until the early 1900s when the last Tuareg were conquered by General Guilain P. Denoeux.
Meanwhile, however, the French made Algeria an integral part of France, a status that would end only with the collapse of the Fourth Republic in 1958. Tens of thousands of settlers from France, Spain, Italy, and Malta moved in to farm the Algerian coastal plain and occupied significant parts of Algeria's cities. These settlers benefited from the French government's confiscation of communal land, and the application of modern agricultural techniques that increased the amount of arable land. Algeria's social fabric suffered during the occupation: literacy plummeted, while land development uprooted much of the population.
Starting from the end of the 19th century, people of European descent in Algeria as well as the native Algerian Jews, became full French citizens. After Algeria's 1962 independence, they were called Pieds-Noirs.In contrast, the vast majority of Muslim Algerians (many of which served in the French Armed Forces) received neither French citizenship nor the right to vote.
In 1954, the National Liberation Front (FLN) launched the Algerian War of Independence which was a guerrilla campaign. By the end of the war, newly elected President Charles de Gaulle, understanding that the age of empires was ending, held a plebiscite, offering Algerians three options.
The poll resulted in a landslide vote for complete independence from France. Over one million people, 10% of the population, then fled the country for France and in just a few months in mid-1962. These included most of the 1,025,000 Pieds-Noirs, as well as 81,000 Harkis.
The head of state is the President of Algeria, who is elected for a five-year term. The president, as of a constitutional amendment passed by the Parliament on November 11, 2008, is not limited to any term length. Algeria has universal suffrage at 18 years of age. The President is the head of the Council of Ministers and of the High Security Council. He appoints the Prime Minister who is also the head of government. The Prime Minister appoints the Council of Ministers.
The Algerian parliament is bicameral, consisting of a lower chamber, the National People's Assembly (APN), with 380 members; and an upper chamber, the Council Of Nation, with 144 members. The APN is elected every five years. Algeria is a multi-party state.
The military of Algeria consists of the People's National Army (ANP), the Algerian National Navy (MRA), and the Algerian Air Force (QJJ), plus the Territorial Air Defense Force. It is the direct successor of the Armée de Libération Nationale (ALN), the armed wing of the nationalist National Liberation Front, which fought French colonial occupation during the Algerian War of Independence (1954–62). The commander-in-chief of the military is the president, who is also Minister of National Defense. Total personnel includes 147,000 active, 150,000 reserve, and 187,000 paramilitary staff(as of 2008).Service in the military is compulsory for men aged 19–30, for a total of eighteen months.
Algeria is a leading military power in North Africa and has its force oriented toward its western (Morocco) and eastern (Libya) borders. Its primary military supplier has been the former Soviet Union, which has sold various types of sophisticated equipment under military trade agreements, and the People's Republic of China. Algeria has attempted, in recent years, to diversify its sources of military material.
Algeria is a member of the United Nations, African Union, OPEC and the Arab League. It also contributed towards the creation of the Maghreb Union.
Algeria is divided into 48 provinces (wilayas), 553 districts (daïras) and 1,541 municipalities (baladiyahs). Each province, district, and municipality is named after its seat, which is mostly also the largest city. According to the Algerian constitution, a province is a territorial collectivity enjoying some economic freedom. The People's Provincial Assembly is the political entity governing a province.
The Provinces are: 1. Adrar 2. Chlef 3. Laghouat 4. Oum el-Bouaghi 5. Batna 6. Béjaïa 7. Biskra
8. Béchar 9. Blida 10. Bouira 11. Tamanghasset 12. Tébessa 13. Tlemcen 14. Tiaret 15. Tizi Ouzou
16. Algiers 17. Djelfa 18. Jijel 19. Sétif 20. Saïda 21. Skikda 22. Sidi Bel Abbes 23. Annaba
24. Guelma 25. Constantine 26. Médéa 27. Mostaganem 28. M'Sila 29. Mascara 30. Ouargla
31. Oran 32. El Bayadh 33. Illizi 34. Bordj Bou Arréridj 35. Boumerdès 36. El Tarf 37 Tindouf
38. Tissemsilt 39. El Oued 40. Khenchela 41. Souk Ahras 42. Tipasa 43. Mila 44. Aïn Defla
45. Naama 46. Aïn Témouchent 47. Ghardaïa 48. Relizane
The fossil fuels energy sector is the backbone of Algeria's economy, accounting for roughly 60% of budget revenues, 30% of GDP, and over 95% of export earnings. The country ranks fourteenth in petroleum reserves, The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that in 2005, Algeria had 160 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven natural gas reserves, the eighth largest in the world.
Algeria has always been noted for the fertility of its soil. 25% of Algerians are employed in the agricultural sector. The Tell Atlas is the grain-growing land. During the time of French rule its productivity was increased substantially by the sinking of artesian wells in districts which only required water to make them fertile. Of the crops raised, wheat, barley and oats are the principal cereals. A great variety of vegetables and fruits, especially citrus products, are exported. Algeria also exports figs, dates, esparto grass, and cork. It is the largest oat market in Africa.
Algeria is known for Bertolli's olive oil spread, although the spread has an Italian background.
The most popular sports in the country are football, athletics and handball. One of the biggest events in Algerian sports was the 1982 national football team's defeat of West Germany in Gijon, Spain by a goal from Lakhdar Belloumi. But because of conflicts, and the poor conditions in Algeria through the 1990s and continuing in some areas of the country today many athletes have left Algeria for countries they could earn more in, usually France.
Algeria is rich in minerals; the country has many iron, lead, zinc, copper, calamine, antimony and mercury mines. The most productive are those of iron and zinc.
Reasons to add Algeria:
Socially:Algeria has 3,500,000 internet users, so there isnt a shortage of algerians to join. French Citizens could also join Algeria since Both countries have ties to eachother & many algerians live in France.The country would most likely be populated by algerians,french, & arabs.Other Africans might join Algeria Until their countries are added.
Economically: Algeria has large amounts of oil & iron. So they could have atleast 1 or may even multiple high iron & high oil regions. Algeria is very fertile & could also have a high grain region, although most would be medium. Algeria has 48 provinces, so the admins can pick & choose which ones they want, but the ones with high oil & iron reserves are a must, as well as Algiers.
Also It would be great to have another country other than South Africa, on the African continent.
http://www.imeem.com/radunkovic/music/cPedRi_v/gru-pravi-broj/
Song:Pravi Broj
Artist:Gru
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Pas compris l'interêt en fait o_o.
Si je veux des renseignement sur l'Algérie, je vais sur Wikipédia.
That is from wikipedia.
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J'espère que très bientot les admins créeront les pays du maghreb.
De futurs amis
De futurs pays colonisés oui
la France pourrait garantir l'indépendance de l'Algérie, en tout cas en tant que breton je viendrai résister aux cotés des algériens si ce pays apparaît dans l'eWorld !
Very nice article !
I don't feel alone now
Thamazgha est mon org.
Pour les nouveau, je rappelle mon article d'il y a quelques semaines :
<a href="http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/soutien-la-cr-ation-de-l-alg-rie-814040/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/sout[..]1/20</a>
Vous pouvez toujours apporter votre soutien en suggérant l'ajout de l'Algérie.
Yep c'est un point quoi déjà quand on fait référence à l'IRL?
Sinon je suis à fond pour l'intégration de ces nouveaux pays bien évidemment, et nous pourrions également en assurer j'espère, tout au moins moralement, un bon développement sous protection, le temps de s'installer paisiblement.
@Mavie75: .dz
Parce qu'en Tamazight (langue berbère) on dit Dzayer et pas Algérie (français) ou Al-Djazaïr (arabe).
@ Ulrich Rozier
Nous serons DEUX alors!
BZH for ever!
sv
voted, mais c'est un peu long. t'aurais pu faire un 'tit intro et puis les "raisons d'ajouter l'Algerie".