[The Arab World]
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[The Arab World]
Note: Information and statistics included are based on The CIA World Factbook 2010 & Encyclopedia Britannica 2010
The Arabs live majorly in the middle east and North Africa. Their land stretches from the Persian gulf in the east to the Atlantic ocean in the west.
This spacious land contains about 22 countries most of them speak Arabic as the first language .
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ALGERIA
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Background:
Phoenician traders settled the area early in the 1st Millennium BC; several centuries later the Romans invaded, And by AD 40 they had control of the Mediterranean Coast. The fall of Rome in the 5th century led to invasion by the Vandals and later by Byzantium. The Islamic conquest began in the 7th century; by 711 All of northern Africa was under the control of the Umayyad caliphate. Several Islamic Berber empires followed, most prominently the Almoravid (c.
1054–1130), which extended its domain to Spain, and the Almohad (c. 1130 1269). The Barbary Coast pirates, operating in the area, had menaced Mediterranean trade for centuries, and France seized this pretext to enter Algeria in 1830. By 1847 France had established control in the region, and by the late 19th century it had instituted civil rule. Popular movements resulted in the bloody Algerian War (1954–62); independence was achieved following a
referendum in 1962.
Location:
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia
Area:
total: 2,381,741 sq km
Climate:
arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer
Natural resources:
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc
Geography - note:
second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)
Population:
34,178,188 (July 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35
Ethnic groups:
Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
Religions:
Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
Languages:
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
Government type:
republic
Capital:
name: Algiers
Administrative divisions:
48 provinces (wilayat, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain Temouchent, Alger, Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Oued, El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Oum el Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanghasset, Tebessa, Tiaret, Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen
National holiday:
Revolution Day, 1 November (1954)
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BAHRAIN
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