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location:
northern africa. bordering the mediterranean sea. between morocco and tunisia
geographic coordinates:
28 00 n. 3 00 e
map references:
africa
area:
total: 2.381.740 sq km land: 2.381.740 sq km water: 0 sq km
area - comparative:
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:
territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 32-52 nm
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
elevation extremes:
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: 3.22% permanent crops: 0.25% other: 96.53% (2001)
irrigated land:
5.600 sq km (1998 est.)
natural hazards:
mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season
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
environment - international agreements:
party to: biodiversity. climate change. climate change-kyoto protocol. desertification. endangered species. environmental modification. hazardous wastes. law of the sea. ozone layer protection. ship pollution. wetlands signed. but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
geography - note:
second-largest country in africa (after sudan)
population:
32.531.853 (july 2005 est.)
age structure:
0-14 years: 29% (male 4.811.086/female 4.626.271) 15-64 years: 66.3% (male 10.861.862/female 10.701.459) 65 years and over: 4.7% (male 719.460/female 811.715) (2005 est.)
median age:
total: 24.36 years male: 24.18 years female: 24.53 years (2005 est.)
population growth rate:
1.22% (2005 est.)
birth rate:
17.13 births/1.000 population (2005 est.)
death rate:
4.6 deaths/1.000 population (2005 est.)
net migration rate:
-0.37 migrant(s)/1.000 population (2005 est.)
sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
infant mortality rate:
total: 31 deaths/1.000 live births male: 34.83 deaths/1.000 live births female: 26.98 deaths/1.000 live births (2005 est.)
life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73 years male: 71.45 years female: 74.63 years (2005 est.)
total fertility rate:
1.92 children born/woman (2005 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:
less than 500 (2003 est.)
major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea. hepatitis a. and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: cutaneous leishmaniasis is a high risk in some locations (2004)
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: 70% male: 78.8% female: 61% (2003 est.)
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
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