ALGER

IA

ETHAN
LAND MARKS
Notre Dame d'Afrique : catholic church created in 19th century it symbolizes
(Lady of Africa) . Took 15 years to make. Designed by Eugene Fromageau

Memorial du Martyr : all stone monument created for the oxford martyr s in the
16th century

Basilique Saint Augustin : Roman catholic basilica ( ancient structure used for a
christian church and a courst)

Pont Sidi Rached : One of the tallest masonry bridges going across the Rhumel
River gorge created in 1912
WHAT IS ALGERIA KNOWN FOR?
Dry sahara desert

Second largest country in africa taking up 2.382 million km

(7% of the country)

Extreme heat of up to 60.5 degrees Celsius

Contains a large source of rich oil and natural gasses

FOODS OF ALGERIA
Chakchouka eaten for breakfast using onions, tomatoes, eggs, and a variety of
seasonings
Hariri made in many configurations often the soup is made of lamb, vegetables,
and many of the spices that are mostly used in that area
Couscous made of small balls of semolina that are steamed and is usually
served with stew
These all based back from 30,000 BC from berber tribes men trading wheet and
other vegetables like dates
INTERESTING FACTS OF ALGERIA
Only 12% of Algeria land is actually covered by civilization

Women dominate the law field 70% of lawyers are women while 60% of judges
are women

The main sport of Algeria across the country is soccer

ALGERIAN ANIMALS
Strong predator is the cheetah
capable of running 110km in just 3.0
seconds

Leopards hunt their pray and than

climb a tree to eat so it wont be stolen

The gazelle is common and interesting

with cool colors and horns

African Desert Warbler is a cool brown

bird that adapted to live in the harsh
dry environments
ALGERIAN CURRENCY
Algerian dollar is called a dinar
Dinar is a coin with a large number 1 and on the other side it has hands shaking
one a another
The bills are numerous colors with many pictures of structures and people that
are looked up
One Algerian dinar is worth 0.012 of a Canadian dollar
CLIMATE
Algeria being on the equator is mostly very worm and humid reaching almost
deadly temperatures in bad months but can reach below 0 degrees celcius in the
nights of winter

Day Temperature Precipitation Wind

April 25, 19 11 Partly cloudy 8km/h
2017
April 26, 23 12 Partly cloudy 23km/h
2017

April 27, 22 11 Partly cloudy 21km/h

2017