| MAXIUMUS Present: Algeria 4 ever |
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Algeria is the second largest country in
Africa. Its neighbours include Niger,
Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Mali.
The name Algeria is derived from Algiers
which in turn is derived from Arabic word
'al-jazir'. Al-jazir means 'the islands' when
translated in to English. Therefore by
transitive property Algeria means 'the
islands'.
Algeria has an estimated population of
32.854,000 people, making it the thirty fifth
largest nation in the world population wise.
Size wise, it is the eleventh largest nation
in the world with approximately 2,381,741 sq
km of territory. Its capital city is Algiers.
Its official language is Arabic.
In between 1830 and 1962, Algeria was a
French colony. Its present President is
Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Algeria's current Prime
Minister is Abdelaziz Belkhadem. Its currency
is the Algerian dinar.
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| MAXIUMUS Present: Constantine, Algeria |
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Constantine or Qusantînah (Arabic:
قسنطينة ) is the capital of
Constantine Province (ولاية
قسنطينة) in north-east Algeria,
slightly inland, at about 80 kilometers from
the Mediterranean coast.
The city was originally settled by Numidian
people, and was known as Sarim Batim. Later
its name was Cirta, from the Phoenician word
for "city". Constantine was capital city of
the Numidia, a berber empire that emerged in
the 3rd century BC. The city was founded in
203 BC by king Micipsa, with the help of
Greek colonists. She distinguished for the
splendour of the public buildings and its
population overcame that of all other towns
of northern Africa. It had an army of 10,000
cavalry and 20,000 infantry. In 113 BC the
town was conquered by Jugurtha. Later it
served as base of the Roman generals
Caecilius Metellus Numidicus and Caius
Marius. In 107 BC the latter gained a victory
over Jugurtha in the nearby of Cirta. With
the suppression of king Juba I and the rest
of the supporters of Pompey in Africa (46
BC), Julius Caesar gave special civil rights
to a part of Cirta, under the name of
Sittlanorum Colonia. It became the head of a
confederation of four similar settlements in
North Africa.
In 311, during the civil war between emperor
Maxentius and usurper Domitius Alexander
(former governor of Africa), the city was
destroyed. Rebuilt in 313, it was
subsequently named after emperor Constantine
the Great, who had defeated Maxentius.
Conquered by the Vandals in 432, Constantine
returned to the Byzantine exarchate of North
Africa from 534 to 697. It was conquered by
the Arabs in the 7th century, receiving the
name of Qusantina.
The city recovered and in 12th century was
again a prosperous market, with connection to
Pisa, Genoa and Venice. Since 1529 it was
intermittently part of Ottoman Empire, ruled
by a Turkish bey (governor) subordinate to
the dey of Algiers. Salah Bey, who ruled the
city in 1770-1792, greatly embellished it and
built much of the Muslim architecture still
visible today.
In 1826 ,the last Bey, Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed
Chérif became the new head of state and led
a fierce resistance against French occupation
forces. By 13 October 1837 the territory was
reconquered by France, and in 1848 it was
incorporated into the colony of Algiers
(Algeria).
In World War II, during campaign in North
Africa (1942-43), Constantine and the nearby
city of Sétif were used by the Allied forces
as operational bases.
Regarded as the capital of eastern Algeria,
it has a population of over 500,000 (750,000
with the agglomeration) making it the third
largest city in the country after Algiers and
Oran. Situated in north eastern Algeria,
Constantine is the centre of its region.
Constantine is placed on a plateau at 640
metres above sea level. The city is framed by
a deep ravine and has a dramatic appearance.
The city is very picturesque with a number of
bridges and a viaduct crossing the ravine.
The economical base is the manufacturing of
leather, wool and linen. Constantine is the
centre of commercial activities and has
Algeria and Tunisia as its markets.
Constantine has one university, the
University of Constantine, which was founded
in 1969. There are museums and important
historical sites around the city. Constantine
can be found on the top of a gorge protecting
the city on almost all sides. As so many
other places in North Africa, the fortress
and the city has been one and the same.
Constantine got help from nature's side. The
sights of today are spectacular, especially
since this is a fairly big city. The gorge
cutting the edges of Constantine, can be
crossed by one out of four bridges, like Pont
Sidi M'Cid, as on the picture. But I'm sad to
report that a serious environmental scheme is
needed to turn Constantine into what it
should be. The gorge serves to a large extent
as a dustbin, and is heavily polluted by oil
as well. As for the economical side of
constantine, it is the railhead of a
prosperous and diverse agricultural area.
Constantine is also a center of the grain
trade and has flour mills, a tractor factory,
and industries producing textiles and leather
goods.
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| oran وهران wahran Algérie Algeria |
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Oran (arabe:وهران, Wahran les deux
lions), aussi appelée El Bahia (« la
radieuse »), est une ville portuaire du
nord-ouest de l'Algérie, chef-lieu de la
wilaya du même nom sur le golfe d'Oran.
Oran est située au fond d'une baie ouverte
au nord et dominée directement à l'ouest
par la montagne de l'Aïdour, d'une hauteur
de 375 m. L'agglomération s'étage de part
et d'autre du profond ravin de l'oued Rhi,
maintenant couvert.
Située à 450 km de la capitale Alger, Oran
est la deuxième ville d'Algérie
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| A Very Dirty War - Algeria |
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March 1998
New evidence that the Algerian government may
be manipulating the country's horrific cycle
of violence. Algeria's bloody civil war has
claimed 75,000 lives since the government
cancelled the elections won by the Islamic
fundamentalist party, the FIS, in 1992. Now a
former Algerian diplomat Mohammed Larbi
Zitout has defected, accusing the government
of wanting to perpetuate the war, in order to
maintain power and control of the country's
vast oil and gas riches. Women weep at a
graveside, mourning a recent night-time
massacre of men, women and children. The
government calls it a war between good and
evil, blaming Islamic extremists for the
massacres. The stories of lonely widows echo
each other in every detail - nobody
understands why the Islamists are killing
civilians. Human Rights Advocate Selima
Ghezal says Europe could do a lot. more.
Moutefa Bouchachia, another Human Rights
Lawyer says he believes the GIA, the radical
armed Islamic group, has been infiltrated to
ensure conflict continues.
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