The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       56 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       66 years male, 68 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       4.1 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Algerian(s); adjective - Algerian

       Ethnic divisions:

       Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%

       Religions:

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

       Languages:

       Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects

       Literacy:

       50% (male 63%, female 36%) age 15 and over can read and write (1987)

       Labor force:

       3,700,000; industry and commerce 40%, agriculture 24%, government 17%,

       services 10% (1984)

       Organized labor:

       16-19% of labor force claimed; General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA) is

       the only labor organization and is subordinate to the National Liberation

       Front

      :Algeria Government

      Long-form name:

       Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria

       Type:

       republic

       Capital:

       Algiers

       Administrative divisions:

       48 provinces (wilayast, 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)

       Constitution:

       19 November 1976, effective 22 November 1976; revised February 1989

       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

       National holiday:

       Anniversary of the Revolution, 1 November (1954)

       Executive branch:

       president, prime minister, Council of Ministers (cabinet)

       Legislative branch:

       unicameral National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani)

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

       Leaders:

       Chief of State:

       President Mohamed BOUDIAF; assassinated 29 June 1992

       Head of Government:

       Interim Prime Minister Sid Ahmed GHOZALI (since 6 June 1991)

       Political parties and leaders:

       National Liberation Front (FLN); Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Hocine Ait

       AHMED, Secretary General; the government established a multiparty system in

       September 1989, and, as of 31 December 1990, over 30 legal parties existed

       Suffrage:

       universal at age 18

       Elections:

       National People's Assembly:

       first round held on 26 December 1991 (second round canceled by the military

       after President BENJEDID resigned 11 January 1992); results - percent of

       vote by party NA; seats - (281 total); the fundamentalist FIS won 188 of the

       231 seats contested in the first round; note - elections (municipal and

       wilaya) were held in June 1990, the first in Algerian history; results - FIS

       55%, FLN 27.5%, other 17.5%, with 65% of the voters participating

       President:

       next election to be held December 1993

       Communists:

       400 (est.); Communist party banned 1962

       Member of:

       ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, AMU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA,

       IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,

       IOC, ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OAU, OIC, OPEC, UN,

       UNAVEM, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

      :Algeria Government

      Diplomatic representation:

       Ambassador Abderrahmane BENSID; Chancery at 2118 Kalorama Road NW,

       Washington, DC 20008; telephone (202) 265-2800

       US:

       Ambassador Mary Ann CASEY; Embassy at 4 Chemin Cheich Bachir El-Ibrahimi,

       Algiers (mailing address is B. P. Box 549, Alger-Gare, 16000 Algiers);

       telephone [213] (2) 601-425 or 255, СКАЧАТЬ