Algiers

Algiers located in west Africa with the sea-coast along the Mediterranean Sea in the north, is bordered by Tunisia in the northeast, Libya in the east, Niger in the southeast, Mali and Mauritania in the north west, and Morocco in the west. The name comes from the name of Algeria capital Algiers which means the island (al-jazā'ir, in Arabic). This may be referring to the 4 islands that are located close to Algiers. Algeria is the second largest country in Africa.

History

Native Berber population in Algeria has been under foreign powers for more than 3000 years. People Fenisia (1000 BC) and Roman Republic (200 BC) is the most important, until the arrival of people in the century to the Arab-8. However, the flow of conquest is not all one way; in the mid Fatimids Berber, came from Algeria, Egypt took over, although as soon as it left North Africa.

Entering Turkish territory algiers Utsmani by Khair ad-Din and his brother Aruj that make pesisirnya basis corsair; [privateering] reached their peak in Algiers on 1600an, after moved to the center of Tripoli in Libya. With the pretext ignore their consul-consul, the French attacked Algiers in 1830, however, opposition from a number of great figures such as Emir Abdelkader made a submission to instill in Algeria, not technically completed until the early 1900an when Tuareg last ditaklukkan.

Meanwhile, however, France has made Algeria an integral part metropolitannya, status status that will end the fall of the Fourth Republic. Tens of thousands of settlers from France, Italy, Spain, Malta and moved across the Mediterranean to farm land in the Algerian coast and occupied the most valuable part of the cities Algeria, the benefits of foreclosure with the land that the French government. Those European progenitive pinak in Algeria (which is called the Pied-noir), such as the native Algerian Jews, is a full French citizens who are starting from the end of the 19th century, with the striking differences, most Muslim Algeria remain outside the French law , and do not have French citizenship or rights. Algeria diperlunak social order for the purpose of the change during this period: literacy rate in great falls, while the annexation of land uproot most of the population.

At 1954, National Exemption Front (FLN) wage guerrilla war, after almost 1 decade of war in the cities and villages, they succeeded in forcing the French out in 1962. On 25 September 1962, Ferhat Abbas was selected to become president of provinsional government, with Ahmed Ben Bella as prime minister. Most 1,025,000 Pied-noir, such as 91,000 harki (Muslims pro-French Algeria), or almost 10% of the population in Algeria in 1962, going from Algeria to France only in the mid of the month that year.

Algeria's first president, FLN leader Ahmed Ben Bella, didepak by former allies and also PM, Houari Boumédiènne in 1965. That country and enjoy the nearly 25 years of relatively stable 1-party socialist property Boumedienne and his successor.

In the 1990s, Algeria was full of war and violence after prolonged military barred Islamic political party, Islamic Salvation Front took power following a multipartai first election in the country. More than 100,000 people killed, too fat in the slaughter of civilians that is not grounded, gerilyawan by groups such as the Armed Islamic Group.

In December 1990, People's National Assembly passed the rules of Arabic language as the official language and Algeria prohibit private companies and political parties use the French and Berber. New legislation is considered to be the attitude the government is not tolerant of a number of people that a Western education and Berber community. This then causes about 500,000 people down to street to protest religious discrimination and political
Politics

Head of state is the President, elected for a period of 5 years, can be extended once again. Algiers together have the right choose. The President is the head of the Council of Ministers and the High Security Council. He was the PM who is the head of government. PM the Council of Ministers.

Algeria bikameral parliament, consists of a representative, the National People's Assembly (APN), with 380 members and the senate, the Council of State, with 144 members. APN is selected every 5 years.
Regional

Algiers divided into 48 regions / provinces (ولاية):

# Adrar
# Ain Defla
# Ain Temouchent
# Algiers
# 'Annabah
# Batnah
# Bechar
# Bajayah
# Biskirah
# Bulidah
# Bordj Bou Arreridj
# Bouira
# Boumerdes
# Syilf
# Qusnathinah
# Jalfah
# El Bayadh
# El Oued
# El Tarf
# Ghardaia
# Guelma
# Illizi
# Jijel
# Khenchela
# Laghouat
# Mascara
# Medea
# Mila
# Mostaganem
# M'Sila
# Naama
# Wahran
# Ouargla
# Oum el Bouaghi
# Relizane
# Saida
# Sathif
# Sidi Bil'abbas
# Skikda
# Souk Ahras
# Tamanghasset
# Tebessa
# Tiaret
# Tindouf
# Tipaza
# Tissemsilt
# Tizi Ouzou
# Tilimsan

Sports
All-Africa Games 2007 (9th) held in Algiers, Algeria from 11-23 July 2007. Algeria had been the previous host All-Africa Games in 1973 (to-3) and held in the same city in Algiers.