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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