The 1996 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       international: inadequate; international traffic carried by

       microwave radio relay from the Tirane exchange to Italy and Greece

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 17, FM 1, shortwave 0

      Radios: 577,000 (1991 est.)

      Television broadcast stations: 9

      Televisions: 300,000 (1993 est.)

      Defense———

      Branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Interior

       Ministry Troops, Border Guards

      Manpower availability: males age 15–49: 723,231 males fit for military service: 588,304 males reach military age (19) annually: 29,340 (1996 est.)

      Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $45 million, 2.5% of GDP (1995)

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      @Algeria———

      Map—

      Location: 28 00 N, 3 00 E—Northern Africa, bordering the

       Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia

      Flag——

      Description: two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white with a red, five-pointed star within a red crescent; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam (the state religion)

      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 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

       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

      International disputes: part of southeastern region claimed by

       Libya; 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

       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%

       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 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

       natural hazards: mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes;

       mud slides

       international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,

       Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer

       Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified -

       Desertification, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban

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

      People———

      Population: 29,183,032 (July 1996 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 40% (male 5,910,543; female 5,701,647)

       15–64 years: 56% (male 8,319,650; female 8,162,816)

       65 years and over: 4% (male 510,308; female 578,068) (July 1996 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.21% (1996 est.)

      Birth rate: 28.51 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Death rate: 5.9 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Net migration rate: −0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 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

       all ages: 1.02 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 48.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 68.31 years male: 67.22 years female: 69.46 years (1996 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 3.59 children born/woman (1996 est.)

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