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      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 raw 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; inadequate supplies of potable water

       natural hazards: mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes;

       mud slides

       international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,

       Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer

       Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified -

       Desertification, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban

      Geographic note: second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)

      People———

      Population: 29,183,032 (July 1996 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 40% (male 5,910,543; female 5,701,647)

       15–64 years: 56% (male 8,319,650; female 8,162,816)

       65 years and over: 4% (male 510,308; female 578,068) (July 1996 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.21% (1996 est.)

      Birth rate: 28.51 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Death rate: 5.9 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Net migration rate: −0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female

       all ages: 1.02 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 48.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 68.31 years male: 67.22 years female: 69.46 years (1996 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 3.59 children born/woman (1996 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 (1995 est.)

       total population: 61.6%

       male: 73.9%

       female: 49%

      Government—————

      Name of country:

       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

      Data code: AG

      Type of government: republic

      Capital: Algiers

      Administrative divisions: 48 provinces (wilayas, 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)

      National holiday: Anniversary of the Revolution, 1 November (1954)

      Constitution: 19 November 1976, effective 22 November 1976; revised 3 November 1988 and 23 February 1989

      Legal system: socialist, based on French and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials, including several Supreme Court justices; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Liamine ZEROUAL (appointed president 31

       January 1994, elected president 16 November 1995) was elected for a

       five-year term by universal suffrage; election last held 16 November

       1995 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote NA

       head of government: Prime Minister Ahmed OUYAHIA (since 31 December

       1995) was appointed by the president

       cabinet: Council of Ministers was appointed by the prime minister

      Legislative branch: unicameral; note - suspended since 1992

       National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani):

       first-round elections held 26 December 1991; second round canceled

       by the military after President BENDJEDID resigned 11 January 1992,

       effectively suspending the assembly (next election promised by late

       1996 or early 1997); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats -

       (281 total) the fundamentalist FIS won 188 of the 231 seats

       contested in the first round

      Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

      Political parties and leaders: Islamic Salvation Front (FIS, outlawed April 1992), Ali BELHADJ, Dr. Abassi MADANI, Rabeh KEBIR (self-exile in Germany); National Liberation Front (FLN), Boualem BENHAMOUDA, secretary general; Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Hocine Ait AHMED, secretary general (self-exile in Switzerland); Hamas, Mahfoud NAHNAH, chairman; Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD), Said SAADI, secretary general; Algerian Renewal Party (PRA), Noureddine BOUKROUH, chairman note: the government established a multiparty system in September 1989 and, as of 31 December 1990, over 50 legal parties existed

      International organization participation: ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL,

       AMF, AMU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,

       ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol,

       IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OAU, OIC, OPEC, OSCE

       (partner), UN, UNAVEM III, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIH, UPU,

       WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant)

      Diplomatic

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