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 * LIBYA **- IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S DRIEST COUNTRIES. LIBYA IS RICHEST NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 86% of LIBYAN LIVES IN AN URBAN AREA AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST.
 * MOROCCO- ** ABOUT 50% OF POPULATION LIVES IN RURAL AREAS. BECAME INDEPENDENT FROM THE FRENCH AND SPAIN IN 1956.
 * TUINSIA- ** 60% OF POPULATION LIVES IN URBAN AREAS. BECAME INDEPENDENT FROM THE FRENCH IN 1956.

^extra facts //Algeria- Algiers // //Egypt- Cairo // //Libya- Tripoli // //Morocco- Rabat // //Tuinsia- Tunis // //Western Sahara- no capital //

Important facts/data:  **AGRICULTURE- ** mostly “Mediterranean style” farming and crops. this means... ...about the growing of mediterranean crops, that you can find in a particular climate that develops in some different countries of the world (Mediterranean area, Australia, South Africa, California). Mediterranean crops are mostly citrus fruits & olive tree growings, but also nuts and almonds. ...Organic agriculture is not a novelty in the Mediterranean; on the contrary, in many countries, organic agriculture was introduced 30 to 40 years ago – at first in the EU Mediterranean countries by pioneer organizations and associations, and slightly later in some countries of the Eastern and Southern shores (Israel, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey). The main drivers were foreign private companies looking for new investment opportunities stimulated by the growing market for organic food in Europe. **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">CULTURE- **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">soccer, handball, fishing, basketball, athletics, motorsports, golf, cricket **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">MINERAL RESOURCES- **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">mining, agriculture, oil (AND TOURISM IS MAJOR INDUSTRY) **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">CLIMATE- **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">mainly hot dry summers and mild rainy winters for ALL COUNTRIES **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">ANIMAL LIFE- **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">CAMELS, PERREGRIEN FALCONS, LEBETINE VIPORS, BLUETIT, EUROPEAN NUTHATCH, GREATER FLAMINGO, RED FOX, WILDCAT, CHAMELEON **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">GOVERNMENTS- **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Algeria: Presidential Republic Egypt: Republic Libya: Jamahiriya Morocco: Constitutional Monarchy Tuinsia: Republic Western Sahara: No Government! **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">RELIGIONS- **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">98.2% of people are Muslim. St. Catherine of Alexandria **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">LANDSCAPES- **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">“desert scrubs” almost all of North Africa is the Sahara Desert, but the northwest corner is the Atlas Mt. ……..NILE RIVER RUNS THROUGH EGYPT **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">ECONOMICS- **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">CURRENCY (Moroccan) Dir Ham: Morocco & Western Sahara Dinar: Tuinsia, Libya, Algeria Egyptian Pound: Egypt **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">HISTORICAL INFLUENCES- **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">during the 18th and 19th century, North Africa was colonized by France, UK, Spain, and Italy. GAINED INDEPENDENCE FORM 1950S TO 70S FROM THEIR COLONIAL EUROPEAN RULES, except for a few small Spanish colonies on the far northern tip of Morocco, and the Western Sahara, which went from Spanish to Moroccan rule. **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">IMPORTANT PEOPLE- **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Mohammed Hajoui: MOROCCO born into a prestigious Moroccan family in the city of Fez, Mohammed Hajoui went into the office of governor of Oujda for a period of 17 yrs. Omar Sharif: EGYPT an international actor Alaa Abdelnaby: EGYPT played in the NBAA Ayman El Aatan (born 1982): LIBYA singer Simon of Cyrene: CYRENE, LIBYA helped Jesus carry his cross!! Habib Bourguiba: TUINSIA 1st president **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">VEGATATION- **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">citrus fruits, potatoes, olives, sugarbeets, wheat, barley, grapes http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/region_list.asp?region_id=6 **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">IMPORTANT DAYS- **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Abu Simbel: Feb. 22 and Oct. 22 South Sinai Camel Festival (camel races, travelers can ride on camels): All of May Cairo Film Festival (celebrate motion picture industry): November 18-28th

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