The Algerian republican the bronchial democracy

The capital:            Algeria the capital

The inhabitants enumerated:            32,277,942 (July 2002)

The language:            [aale'rbyt] (83 in the hundred), and Berber.

The sweat:            Babbles, Arabic, and mixture from offspring Arabic and the Berber

The climate:            [mtwsT] of the climate (warm, dry in the summer, raincoat in the winter).

Regime of the governing:            The republican

The economy

- the currency:            Dinar

- the resources:            Petroleum, natural gas, crude phosphate and iron, stony charcoal, lead, zinc

The religion:            The Islam   

History 

Algeria was under French occupation from 1830 until 1954. Algeria became independent in July 1962 after 8 years of armed struggle against the French. The Republic was declared on 25 September 1962. The constitution, which prescribed a presidential single-party system, dates from 1963. On 19 June 1965, a military coup transferred power to defense-minister Colonel Houari Bomédienne and his Revolutionary Council. A new constitution, containing the principles of the Charta, was accepted in November. This maintains the single-party system. The surprising first round success of the fundamentalist FIS (Islamic Salvation Front) party in December 1991 balloting caused the army to intervene, crack down on the FIS, and postpone the subsequent elections. The FIS response has resulted in a continuous low-grade civil conflict with the secular state apparatus, which nonetheless has allowed elections featuring pro-government and moderate religious-based parties. FIS's armed wing, the Islamic Salvation Army, dissolved itself in January 2000 and many armed insurgents surrendered under an amnesty program designed to promote national reconciliation. Nevertheless, some residual fighting continues. Other concerns include large-scale unemployment and the need to diversify the petroleum-based economy.