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'''Algeria''' (Standard Arabic: الجزائر, al-Jazā’ir; Berber: ⵍⴻⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ, Dzayer), 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.  
'''Algeria''', 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 [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic|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 km<sup>2</sup> with an estimated population of 35,000,000. The capital of Algeria is Algiers.  


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 a member of the [[United Nations]], [[African Union]], [[Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries|OPEC]] and the [[Arab League]]. It also contributed towards the creation of the [[Arab Maghreb Union|Maghreb Union]]. It the home of [[Frantz Fanon]], the famous [[Anti-colonialism|anti-colonial]] writer.


==History==
==History==


France seized Algeirs from the Ottoman Empire in 1830 and over the next four decades established their control over the rest of Algeria, making it a French colony. In the 1950s and 60s the indigenous people of Algeria, under the leadership of the Front de libération nationale (FLN), struggled to free the country from French rule. Algeria achieved independence in 1962. Its first president was FLN leader [[Ahmed Ben Bella]]. In the 1960s and 70s, under Ben Bella and his successor Houari Boumédiène, Algeria pursued industrialisation within a state-controlled socialist economy. Agriculture and the oil wells were nationalised.
=== French colonization ===
[[Kingdom of France (1814–1848)|France]] seized Algiers from the [[Ottoman Empire (1299–1922)|Ottoman Empire]] in 1830 and over the next four decades established its control over the rest of Algeria, making it a French [[Colonialism|colony]].


Algeria was the home of Franz Fannon, the famous anti-colonial writer
=== Independence struggle ===
In 1945, French paratroopers violently disbanded the [[Friends of Liberty and the Manifesto]] and killed tens of thousands of Algerians. The [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|National Liberation Front]] (FLN) formed in 1954 following a counterattack on the French.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2008|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World|chapter=Paris|page=4–5|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf|publisher=The New Press|isbn=9781595583420|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>
 
In the 1950s and 60s the indigenous people of Algeria, under the leadership of the FLN, struggled to free the country from French rule. Algeria achieved independence in 1962. Its first president was FLN leader [[Ahmed Ben Bella]]. In the 1960s and 70s, under Ben Bella and his successor [[Houari Boumédiène]], Algeria pursued industrialisation within a state-controlled [[Socialism|socialist]] economy. Agriculture and the oil wells were nationalised.
 
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Revision as of 14:10, 26 November 2022

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية
ⵜⴰⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⴳⴷⴰⵢⵜ ⵜⴰⵖⵔⴼⴰⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔⵉⵢⵜ
République algérienne démocratique et populaire
Flag of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Flag
Coat of arms of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Coat of arms
Motto: "By the people and for the people"
Location of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
CapitalAlgiers
Common languagesArabic
Berber
French
Religion
99% Sunni Islam
1% Other
Demonym(s)Algerian
Dominant mode of productionCapitalism
GovernmentUnitary Bourgeois People's Republic
Area
• Total
2,381,741 km²
Population
• 2021 estimate
44,700,000


Algeria, 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 of 35,000,000. The capital of Algeria is Algiers.

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. It the home of Frantz Fanon, the famous anti-colonial writer.

History

French colonization

France seized Algiers from the Ottoman Empire in 1830 and over the next four decades established its control over the rest of Algeria, making it a French colony.

Independence struggle

In 1945, French paratroopers violently disbanded the Friends of Liberty and the Manifesto and killed tens of thousands of Algerians. The National Liberation Front (FLN) formed in 1954 following a counterattack on the French.[1]

In the 1950s and 60s the indigenous people of Algeria, under the leadership of the FLN, struggled to free the country from French rule. Algeria achieved independence in 1962. Its first president was FLN leader Ahmed Ben Bella. In the 1960s and 70s, under Ben Bella and his successor Houari Boumédiène, Algeria pursued industrialisation within a state-controlled socialist economy. Agriculture and the oil wells were nationalised.

References