ALGERIA Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
GOVERNMENT: - Independence:----------- Independence from french in July
5, 1962
- Type Of Government:----- Republic
- President:---------------
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- Prime Minister:---------- Ismail Hamdani
- Population:
------------ 30,480,793
GEOGRAPHY: - Area: ------------------ 2,381,740 sq. km :
919,595 sq. mi
- Capital City: ---------- Algiers
- Capital city(Est.
pop.):---- 3,705,000
- Location:----- Northern West Africa
- Natural
Resources:------ Petroleum, Natural Gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc.
PEOPLE: - Languages:-------------- Arabic (Official), French, Berber dialects
- Religions:--------------
99%-Sunni Muslim (state religion), 1%-Christian and Jewish
- Literacy Rate:---------- 61.6% of
total population, (males:73.9%, females:49%)
ECONOMY: - Monetary unit:----------
Dinar
- Unemployment:----------- 28 % (1996)
- GDP:--------------------
purchasing power parity - $115.9 billion (1996)
- GDP real growth rate: 4%
- GDP per capita:
$4,000
- Inflation Rate (consumer prices):--- 19.8% (1996)
- National
Budget:
- Revenues:----- $14.3 billion
- Expenditures:------ $17.9 billion
- External Debt: --------- $32 billion
- Currency:--------------- 1 Algerian dinar
= 100 centimes
- Labor Force:------------ 7.8 million (1996)
- Agriculture:------------ Wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; cattle, sheep
- Industries:------------- Petroleum, petrochemical, food processing
- Exports:----------------
$11 billion
- Commodities:------ Petroleum and Natural Gas - Imports:----------------
$10.5 billion
- Commodities:------ Capital goods, food and beverages, consumer goods
DEFENCE:
- Defence expenditures:--- exchange rate conversion - $1.3 billion, 2.7% of GDP
VITAL
STATISTICS: - Birth Rate:----------------------- 28.01 (per 1,000 population) (1997)
- Death Rate:----------------------- 5.76 (per 1,000 population)
- Infant Mortality rate:------------
47.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
- Fertility Rate:------------------- 3.48 (per woman)
- Life expectancy at birth:
- Total Population:----- 68.62 (Males:-- 67.5, Females:-- 69.79)
Geography:Algeria is located in North West Africa
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