Algeria by KATE RASMUSSEN

Algeria's People

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39.5 million people walk currently in this country. 99% are Arab-Berbers, 1% are Europeans. Around 10,500 citizens suffer from HIV/AIDS and 23.6% of citizens are obese.

Algeria

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In 1830, France seized the Algiers. In 1939, France collapsed during World War II. In 1954, Algeria begin to fight for their own independence. In 1962, they earned their rights for independence.

Religion

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Sunni Islam is the major religion.

Algerian protests

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In 2010-2012,there was a series of protests taking place, which started December 28, 2010. They were protesting for reasons like unenployment, lack of housing, corruption, and food price inflation.

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Algeria has a large source of crude oil, natural gas, and petroleum, which helps them with trading and industrial work.

Environmental Issues

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One of the problems with Algeria is they have an inadequate supply of water. It does reside beside the Mediterranean, but cities in the desert portion of the country struggle with finding suitable drinking water.

Languages

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The main languages spoken are Arabic, French and Berber.

Terrain and Climate

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Algeria has a softer terrain than some countries. Most of the country is high plataeu and desert with some mountains. The climate can be arid to semiarid.

Government

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Algeria has a republican government. A president is voted in by majority. The prime minister is then appointed by the president. The current president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has been in office since 1999.

Education

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Primary education for children 6 to 15 years old is free. Less than half the children go on to study in secondary education.

Human Rights

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Algeria was put into a state of emergency in February 1992 and they suspended basic human rights for almost 20 years. Women’s rights were strictly limited by a the Algerian Family Code in 1984.

Basic Laws

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There is 0 tolerance for drugs.

Foreign currency must be accounted for or you will be penalized.

Weapons must be left home.

You cannot take pictures of bridges, dams, police or military.

If you are a homosexual, you cannot show any affection like that or you will go to jail.

You cannot try to convert anyone to a separate faith.

Economy

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Algeria's economy has been on a declining path of economic freedom over the past five years. Algeria's economic freedom score is 48.9%, making its economy the 157th freest in the 2015 index. They are actually ranked 14th out of the 15 countries in the Middle East and its score remains lower than both the regional and world averages. The economy is now rated "repressed".

Jobs

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One in seven people work in agriculture. It’s hard to find jobs, so many educated men will leave the country to find work. Jobs are scarce and 23% live in poverty.

Arab Spring

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Fortunately for Algeria, the Arab Spring did not affect the government too much. Lots of protests did occur due to lack of housing and rising food prices, but the government was never over thrown.

Urban/Rural

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28,738,799 people live in urban areas. 11,894,665 people live in rural areas.

Algerian Animals

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Fennec foxes are common in the desert.

Jackal

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Desert Monitor

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Algerian House

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Sloughi

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They have 2 dog breeds that were first bred in their country.

Azawakh

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Arab Spring Protests

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Between January 3 and 10 huge protest were displayed in most of Algerians cities due to the prices of food costing more. On January 24 of 2011 huge protests were shown, 500 people were in front of the daira building. They demanded gas and water, a sewer system, and lastly public lighting. Many more protests occurred in Algeria but not any huge ones.