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215 million leke, NA% of GNP (1993 est.); note - conversion of defense

       expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could

       produce misleading results

      @Algeria, Geography

      Location:

       Northern Africa, along the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and

       Tunisia

       Map references:

       Africa, Europe

       Area:

       total area:

       2,381,740 sq km

       land area:

       2,381,740 sq km

       comparative area:

       slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas

       Land boundaries:

       total 6,343 km, Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km,

       Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km

       Coastline:

       998 km

       Maritime claims:

       territorial sea:

       12 nm

       International disputes:

       Libya claims part of southeastern Algeria; land boundary dispute with

       Tunisia settled in 1993

       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

       Terrain:

       mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous

       coastal plain

       Natural resources:

       petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc

       Land use:

       arable land:

       3%

       permanent crops:

       0%

       meadows and pastures:

       13%

       forest and woodland:

       2%

       other:

       82%

       Irrigated land:

       3,360 sq km (1989 est.)

       Environment:

       current issues:

       soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices;

       desertification; dumping of untreated sewage, petroleum refining

       wastes, and other industrial effluents is leading to the pollution of

       rivers and coastal waters; Mediterranean Sea, in particular, becoming

       polluted from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff; limited

       supply of potable water

       natural hazards:

       mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes

       international agreements:

       party to - Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental

       Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands;

       signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test

       Ban

       Note:

       second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)

      @Algeria, People

      Population:

       27,895,068 (July 1994 est.)

       Population growth rate:

       2.29% (1994 est.)

       Birth rate:

       29.71 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Death rate:

       6.22 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Net migration rate:

       −0.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Infant mortality rate:

       52.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       total population:

       67.68 years

       male:

       66.63 years

       female:

       68.77 years (1994 est.)

       Total fertility rate:

       3.83 children born/woman (1994 est.)

       Nationality:

       noun:

       Algerian(s)

       adjective:

       Algerian

       Ethnic divisions:

       Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%

       Religions:

       Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%

       Languages:

       Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects

       Literacy:

       age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

       total population:

       57%

       male:

       70%

       female:

       46%

       Labor force:

       6.2 million (1992 est.)

       by occupation:

       government 29.5%, agriculture 22%, construction and public works

       16.2%, industry 13.6%, commerce and services 13.5%, transportation and

       communication 5.2% (1989)

      @Algeria, Government

      Names:

       conventional long form:

       Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria

       conventional short form:

       Algeria

       local long form:

       Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Shabiyah

       local short form:

       Al Jaza'ir

       Digraph:

       AG

       Type:

       republic

       Capital:

       Algiers

       Administrative divisions:

       48 provinces (wilayast, 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

       Independence:

       5 July 1962 (from France)

      

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