Algeria is located in North Africa bordering the Mediterranean.
It is the second largest country in Africa with an area totaling
2,381,740 sq. kilometers. Its population was estimated at 32,531,853
( July 2005), with an estimated growth rate of 1.71%. Ethnically
Algerians are Arab and/or Berber, and most are Sunni Moslems
(99%). Algeria shares borders with all the Maghrebi countries
of North Africa: Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania, as well
as with some sub-Saharan countries such as Niger and Mali. Algeria
became independent in 1962 after 130 years of French colonial
rule and a fierce war of independence (1954-1962). In 1991 the
government annulled national elections that would have transferred
the reins of power to the Islamic Salvation Front, and a decade
of civil strife ensued which left over 100,000 dead. This was
followed by new parliamentary elections in 1997, presidential
elections in 1995 and 1999, and a general amnesty for those willing
to give up their arms. Politically, Algeria has a multiparty
system, a bicameral parliament, and a president elected by the
people every five years.
For Library of Congress contact information and materials, consult
the Algeria
Country page of the Near East Section of the African and
Middle Eastern Division. The Library
of Congress Online Catalog and a portal page on International
Terrorism are also available for consultation . To track
bills and other Congressional materials having to do with the
topic, consult the Library's Thomas Legislative Information page http://thomas.loc.gov.
Al-Bawaba (http://albawaba.com/en/countries/Algeria)
A major portal site that links to Web sites on all the Arab countries (click
on a specific country). Contains up-to-date information on the political, business,
social, cultural and religious aspects of a particular country. In Arabic and
English.
Algerie Site (http://www.algeriesite.com/)
General information about Algeria as well as government, business
and media. In French.
Arab Fund for Economic & Social
Development (http://www.arabfund.org/)
Autonomous regional Pan-Arab development finance organization..
Membership consists of all states that members of the League
of Arab States. Search for information
on projects
funded throughout the Arab world. In Arabic and English.
Algeria-Interface (http://www.algeria.com)
Linked to other Web sites that cover political, social and cultural
issues in the country.
Arab German Consulting (http://www.arab.de/algeria.htm)
Information and links to Arab countries and Germany. Includes up-to-date information
on the government, history, economy, and education systems.
Arab Net (http://www.arab.net/algeria/index.html)
Online resource on the Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Provides information on the government, history, geography, business, culture,
transport and tourism Arab countries, and links to other relevant Web sites.
The Country
and People of Algeria (http://www.hejleh.com/countries/algeria.html)
Covers historical as well as current events.
Development
Gateway (http://www.developmentgateway.org/cg/country-gateways/country.do~country=dz~iso3=DZA)
Not-for-profit organization established in July 2001 to build partnerships and
information systems that provide access to knowledge for development by exploiting
various information and communication technologies. Search by development projects
as well as by country to identify Web sites and documents.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Algeria.html)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by
country provides numerous narrative articles on its history,culture,
politics. Information
on and links to Algeria.
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (http://www.fao.org/countryProfiles/index.asp?lang=en&ISO3=DZA)
Country profile and mapping information system for Algeria.
Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country
which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical
works, etc. Additional reference links are provided as well. From Pearson
Education.
Islamic
Calendar Converter (http://www.oriold.unizh.ch/static/hegira.html)
Site not only converts the present Gregorian date, in common
use in the West, to its modern Hijra equivalent (in common
use in the Islamic World), it also
provides a mechanism to convert all past dates from Gregorian-Hijra or Hijra-Gregorian.
Lonely
Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/africa/algeria)
Search by country to find information on travel, attractions, history, culture,
and environment of that location.
Middle
East Network Information Center. Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
University of Texas at Austin: Algeria (http://menic.utexas.edu/Countries_and_Regions/Algeria/)
Links and discussions on all aspects, economy, education, government, news and
media, arts and humanities, health and medicine, maps, as well as related links.
Searchable.
Middle
East – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (http://www.carnegieendowment.org/programs/global/index.cfm?fa=proj&id=107&proj=zme)
The main feature of the Carnegie Arabic Web Portal is the Arabic-language
version of the Arab Reform Bulletin, an online monthly journal
on the latest political reform developments from Arab and Western
perspectives. Also included are
Arabic translations of select Carnegie Papers, commentaries on
the Middle East and related subjects such as nuclear nonproliferation,
as well as writings originally published in Arabic.
Middle
East Partnership Initiative (http://www.medregion.mepi.state.gov/regional_programs2.html)
U.S. Department of State Program that promotes democracy throughout
the Middle East.
Middle
East Policy Council (http://www.mepc.org/resources_links/Algeria.asp#AC)
A
non-profit educational organization that covers cultural, economic,
political aspects of Algeria as well as many online newspapers.
OneWorld.net http://uk.oneworld.net/guides/algeria/development)
Latest news and views from over 1,600 organizations promoting human
rights awareness and fighting povery worldwide. Includes current
headlines and special reports. Search on Algeria.
Open Directory
Project. Regional: Africa: Algeria (http://dmoz.com/Regional/Africa/Algeria/)
Links
to a wide variey of Web sites culled from major search engines.
Princeton
University Library: Near Eastern Studies Resources (http://www.princeton.edu/%7Epressman/neareast.htm)
Princeton Library's site dedicated to Near Eastern Studies provides not only
information about Princeton's programs and collections, but also
extensive links to sites (libraries, universities, institutes, think tanks,
directories, gateways, newspapers,etc.) around the world concerning all aspects
of the discipline.
Statistiques Algerie. Office National
des Statistiques de l' Algerie.(http://www.ons.dz)
National Office of Statistics. Information on the office, online
publications with the latest official statistics including
the consumer price index, industrial and agricultural production,
education and population. In French, Arabic and English.
Theodora.com (http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/algeria/index.html)
Historical events as well as current information about the economy,
government, and politics of Algeria.
United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in
several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization
as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations,
etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.
U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency.The World Factbook: Algeria
(https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ag.html)
General information and statistics about Algeria, with the following subdivisions:introduction,
geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military,
and transnational issues.
U.S. Department
of State (http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c3218.htm)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel
advice and warnings.
U.S. Department of
State. Background Notes (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions,
economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies,
and areas of special sovereignty. Click on country link
U.S. Library of Congress. Federal Research Division. Algeria: a country
study (http://rs6.loc.gov/frd/cs/dztoc.html)
The Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress published in 1994
an extensive handbook entitled Algeria: a country study. The work is freely
available as an e-book.
U.S.
Library of Congress. Virtual Reference Shelf (http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html)
Selected Web resources compiled by the Library of Congress are organized
alphabetically by topic including areas such as maps, political science
and government, and statistics. Two additional portals: The Librarian's
Index to the Internet-and In the News-provide links to other Web sites
and search engines.
World
Desk Reference (http://dev.prenhall.com/divisions/hss/worldreference/DZ/introduction.html)
This is the online version of the handbook with more than 5000 illustrations
and maps. |