The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ mortality rate:

      total: 28.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 31.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 73.77 years male: 72.13 years female: 75.49 years (2008 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      1.82 children born/woman (2008 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      9,100 (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      fewer than 500 (2003 est.)

      Nationality:

      noun: Algerian(s) adjective: Algerian

      Ethnic groups:

      Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1% note: almost all Algerians are Berber in origin, not Arab; the minority who identify themselves as Berber live mostly in the mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algiers; the Berbers are also Muslim but identify with their Berber rather than Arab cultural heritage; Berbers have long agitated, sometimes violently, for autonomy; the government is unlikely to grant autonomy but has offered to begin sponsoring teaching Berber language in schools

      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: 69.9% male: 79.6% female: 60.1% (2002 est.)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2005)

      Education expenditures:

      5.1% of GDP (1999)

      Government

       Algeria

      Country name:

      conventional long form: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria conventional short form: Algeria local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah local short form: Al Jaza'ir

      Government type:

      republic

      Capital:

      name: Algiers geographic coordinates: 36 45 N, 3 03 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

      Administrative divisions:

      48 provinces (wilayat, 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:

      Revolution Day, 1 November (1954)

      Constitution:

      8 September 1963; revised 19 November 1976, effective 22 November 1976; revised 3 November 1988, 23 February 1989, 28 November 1996, and 12 November 2008

      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 Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA (since 28 April 1999) head of government: Prime Minister Ahmed OUYAHIA (since 23 June 2008) cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a third term under 2008 amendment to constitution); election last held 8 April 2004 (next to be held in April 2009); prime minister appointed by the president election results: Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA reelected president for second term; percent of vote - Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA 85%, Ali BENFLIS 6.4%, Abdellah DJABALLAH 5%

      Legislative branch:

      bicameral Parliament consists of the National People's Assembly or Al-Majlis Al-Shabi Al-Watani (389 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Council of Nations (Senate) (144 seats; one-third of the members appointed by the president, two-thirds elected by indirect vote; to serve six-year terms; the constitution requires half the council to be renewed every three years) elections: National People's Assembly - last held 17 May 2007 (next to be held in 2012); Council of Nations (Senate) - last held 28 December 2006 (next to be held in 2009) election results: National People's Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FLN 136, RND 61, MSP 52, PT 26, RCD 19, FNA 13, other 49, independents 33; Council of Nations - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FLN 29, RND 12, MSP 3, RCD 1, independents 3, presidential appointees (unknown affiliation) 24; note - Council seating reflects the number of replaced council members rather than the whole Council

      Judicial branch:

      Supreme Court

      Political parties and leaders:

      Ahd 54 [Ali Fauzi REBAINE]; Algerian National Front or FNA [Moussa

       TOUATI]; Islamic Salvation Front or FIS (outlawed April 1992) [Ali

       BELHADJ, Dr. Abassi MADANI, Rabeh KEBIR]; National Democratic Rally

       (Rassemblement National Democratique) or RND [Ahmed OUYAHIA];

       National Entente Movement or MEN [Ali BOUKHAZNA]; National

       Liberation Front or FLN [Abdelaziz BELKHADEM, secretary general];

       National Reform Movement or Islah (formerly MRN) [Mohamed BOULAHIA];

       National Renewal Party or PRA [Mohamed BENSMAIL]; Rally СКАЧАТЬ