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COUNTRY FACTS: ALGERIA
Name(official): People's Republic of Algeria
Name(short): Algeria
Capital City: Algiers
Location: North Africa Click to enlarge map of algeria
Map of Algeria
Coordinate: 28 00 N, 3 00 E
Independence: (from France) July 5th, 1962
President:
  • Abdelaziz Bouleflika (President since 27 April 1999)
  • Ahmed Ouyahia (PM) 23 June 2008 -
  • Abdelaziz Belkhadem PM 24/05/2006 - 23/06/2008
Type of Government: Republic
Total Area: 2 381 741sq.km.
Population: 32 930 091 (July 2006 est.)
People: 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.
Religion: 99%Muslim(state religion), 1% Jews and christians
Languages: Arabic(official), French and Berber
Literacy: 70%total, 78.8%male, 61%female (2003 est.)
Currency: Algerian Dinar(1DZD= 100centimes)
GDP(per capita): $7 200 (2005 est.)
Arable Land: 3.17%
Agriculture: wheat, barley, oats, grapes, citrus, fruits, sheep, cattles
Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphate, uranium, lead, zinc
Embassy in Japan: Embassy of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Chancery: 2-10-67, Mita, Meguro-ku. Post Code: 153-0062, Tel. 03-3711-2661
General Info:
International Phone Code: +213


ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

MAJOR CITIES

Algiers, Constantine, Oran, Annaba, Batna, Blida, Setif, Djelfa, Sidi Bel Abbes.

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GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

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

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