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Название: The 1997 CIA World Factbook

Автор: United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Жанр: Социология

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СКАЧАТЬ runways: total: 6 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m : 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1994 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Interior

       Ministry Troops, Border Guards

      Military manpower - military age: 19 years of age

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: 738,082 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 600,403 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 31,823 (1997 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $42 million (1996)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.5% to 2.0% (1996)

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: the Albanian Government supports protection of the rights of ethnic Albanians outside of its borders; Albanian majority in Kosovo seeks independence from Serbian Republic; Albanians in Macedonia claim discrimination in education, access to public-sector jobs and representation in government

      Illicit drugs: increasingly active transshipment point for Southwest Asian opiates, hashish, and cannabis transiting the Balkan route and cocaine from South America destined for Western Europe; limited opium and cannabis production; ethnic Albanian narcotrafficking organizations active in Central and Eastern Europe ______________________________________________________________________

      ALGERIA

      @Algeria:Geography

      Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between

       Morocco and Tunisia

      Geographic coordinates: 28 00 N, 3 00 E

      Map references: Africa

      Area: total : 2,381,740 sq km land: 2,381,740 sq km water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas

      Land boundaries:

       total: 6,343 km

       border countries : 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: exclusive fishing zone: 32–52 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

      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

      Elevation extremes: lowest point : Chott Melrhir −40 m highest point: Tahat 3,003 m

      Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc

      Land use: arable land: 3% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 13% forests and woodland: 2% other : 82% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 5,550 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mud slides

      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

      Environment - international agreements: party to : Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Nuclear Test Ban

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

      @Algeria:People

      Population: 29,830,370 (July 1997 est.)

      Age structure: 0–14 years : 39% (male 5,923,391; female 5,712,088) 15–64 years: 57% (male 8,619,009; female 8,450,774) 65 years and over: 4% (male 525,556; female 599,552) (July 1997 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.18% (1997 est.)

      Birth rate: 28.01 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Death rate: 5.76 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Net migration rate: −0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 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 total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 47.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 68.62 years male : 67.5 years female: 69.79 years (1997 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 3.48 children born/woman (1997 est.)

      Nationality: noun : Algerian(s) adjective: Algerian

      Ethnic groups: Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%

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

      Languages: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects

      Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61.6% male: 73.9% female : 49% (1995 est.)

      @Algeria:Government

      Country name: 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

      Government type: republic

      National 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, СКАЧАТЬ