The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">       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)

      People

      Population: 31,133,486 (July 1999 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 37% (male 5,911,910; female 5,696,538)

       15–64 years: 59% (male 9,255,702; female 9,063,954)

       65 years and over: 4% (male 559,570; female 645,812) (1999 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.1% (1999 est.)

      Birth rate: 27 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Death rate: 5.52 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Net migration rate: −0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 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: 0.87 male(s)/female

       total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (1999 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 43.82 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 69.24 years male: 68.07 years female: 70.46 years (1999 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 3.27 children born/woman (1999 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.)

      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

      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, 23 February 1989, and 28 November 1996;

       note—referendum approving the revisions of 28 November 1996 was

       signed into law 7 December 1996

      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)

       head of government: Interim Prime Minister Smail HAMDANI (since 15

       December 1998); note—appointed as interim prime minister until April

       1999 presidential elections

       cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister

       elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;

       election last held 16 November 1995 (next to be held NA April 1999;

       note—ZEROUAL announced in September 1998 his intention to step down

       after early presidential elections); prime minister appointed by the

       president

       election results: Liamine ZEROUAL elected president; percent of

       vote—Liamine ZEROUAL 61.3%

      Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of the National

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