The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       Pipelines:

       crude oil 145 km; petroleum products 55 km; natural gas 64 km (1991)

       Ports:

       Durres, Sarande, Vlore

       Merchant marine:

       11 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 52,967 GRT/76,887 DWT

       Airports:

       total:

       12

       usable:

       10

       with permanent-surface runways:

       3

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       6

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       4

       Telecommunications:

       inadequate service; 15,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 13 AM, 1

       TV; 514,000 radios, 255,000 TVs (1987 est.)

      @Albania, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Interior Ministry Troops

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 906,938; fit for military service 746,945; reach

       military age (19) annually 33,184 (1994 est.)

       Defense expenditures:

       215 million leke, NA% of GNP (1993 est.); note - conversion of defense

       expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could

       produce misleading results

      @Algeria, Geography

      Location:

       Northern Africa, along the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and

       Tunisia

       Map references:

       Africa, Europe

       Area:

       total area:

       2,381,740 sq km

       land area:

       2,381,740 sq km

       comparative area:

       slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas

       Land boundaries:

       total 6,343 km, 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:

       territorial sea:

       12 nm

       International disputes:

       Libya claims part of southeastern Algeria; land boundary dispute with

       Tunisia settled in 1993

       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

       Natural resources:

       petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc

       Land use:

       arable land:

       3%

       permanent crops:

       0%

       meadows and pastures:

       13%

       forest and woodland:

       2%

       other:

       82%

       Irrigated land:

       3,360 sq km (1989 est.)

       Environment:

       current issues:

       soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices;

       desertification; dumping of untreated 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; limited

       supply of potable water

       natural hazards:

       mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes

       international agreements:

       party to - Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental

       Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands;

       signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test

       Ban

       Note:

       second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)

      @Algeria, People

      Population:

       27,895,068 (July 1994 est.)

       Population growth rate:

       2.29% (1994 est.)

       Birth rate:

       29.71 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Death rate:

       6.22 deaths/1,000 СКАЧАТЬ