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Algeria - Introduction 2015

After more than a century of rule by France Algerians fought through much of the 1950s to achieve independence in 1962. Algeria's primary political party the National Liberation Front (FLN) was established in 1954 as part of the struggle for independence and has largely dominated politics since. The Government of Algeria in 1988 instituted a multi-party system in response to public unrest but the surprising first round success of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) in the December 1991 balloting led the Algerian army to intervene and postpone the second round of elections to prevent what the secular elite feared would be an extremist-led government from assuming power. The army began a crackdown on the FIS that spurred FIS supporters to begin attacking government targets. Fighting escalated into an insurgency which saw intense violence from 1992-98 resulting in over 100,000 deaths - many attributed to indiscriminate massacres of villagers by extremists. The government gained the upper hand by the late-1990s and FIS's armed wing the Islamic Salvation Army disbanded in January 2000.
Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA with the backing of the military won the presidency in 1999 in an election widely viewed as fraudulent. He was reelected to a second term in 2004 and overwhelmingly won a third term in 2009 after the government amended the constitution in 2008 to remove presidential term limits. Longstanding problems continue to face BOUTEFLIKA including large-scale unemployment a shortage of housing unreliable electrical and water supplies government inefficiencies and corruption and the continuing activities of extremist militants.
The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) in 2006 merged with al-Qa'ida to form al-Qa'ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb which has launched an ongoing series of kidnappings and bombings targeting the Algerian Government and Western interests. The government in 2011 introduced some political reforms in response to the Arab Spring including lifting the 19-year-old state of emergency restrictions and increasing women's quotas for elected assemblies. Parliamentary elections in May 2012 and municipal and provincial elections in November 2012 saw continued dominance by the FLN with Islamist opposition parties performing poorly. Political protest activity in the country remained low in 2013 but small sometimes violent socioeconomic demonstrations by disparate groups continued to be a common occurrence. Parliament in 2014 is expected to revise the constitution.

Geographic coordinates: 28 00 N 3 00 E

Map reference: Africa

Area
Total: 2,381,741 km²
Land: 2,381,741 km²
Water: 0 km²
Rank: 10
Comparative: slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas

Land boundaries
Total: 6,734 km
Border countries: (7) Libya 989 km; Mali 1359 km; Mauritania 460 km; Morocco 1900 km; Niger 951 km; Tunisia 1034 km; Western Sahara 41 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
Extremes highest point: Tahat 3,003 m

Natural resources: petroleum natural gas iron ore phosphates uranium lead zinc

Land use
Agricultural land: 17.3%

arable land: 3.1%
permanent crops: 0.4%
permanent pasture: 13.8%

Forest: 0.6%
Other: 82%

Irrigated land: 5,694 km² (2003)

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources: 11.67 km³ (2011)

Natural hazards: mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season

Geography
Note: largest country in Africa

Algeria - People 2015

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Population: 39,542,166 (July 2015 est.)
Rank: 34
Growth rate: 1.84% (2015 est.)
Growth rate rank: 60
Below poverty line: 23% (2006 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Algerian
Adjective: Algerian

Ethnic groups: Arab-Berber 99% European less than 1%
Note: although almost all Algerians are Berber in origin only a minority identify themselves as Berber about 15% of the total population; these people 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

Languages: Arabic (official) French (lingua franca) Berber dialects: Kabylie Berber (Tamazight) Chaouia Berber (Tachawit) Mzab Berber Tuareg Berber (Tamahaq)

Religions: Muslim (official; predominantly Sunni) 99% other (includes Christian and Jewish) 1% (2012 est.)

Demographic profile

Age structure
0-14 years: 28.75%
15-24 years: 16.64%
25-54 years: 42.84%
55-64 years: 6.42%
65 years and over: 5.35% (2015 est.)

Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 52.6%
Youth dependency ratio: 43.6%
Elderly dependency ratio: 9.1%
Potential support ratio: 11%

Median age
Total: 27.5 years
Male: 27.2 years
Female: 27.8 years

Population growth rate: 1.84% (2015 est.)
Rank: 60

Birth rate: 23.67 births/1000 population (2015 est.)
Rank: 63

Death rate: 4.31 deaths/1000 population (2015 est.)
Rank: 203

Net migration rate: -0.92 migrant(s)/1000 population (2015 est.)
Rank: 148

Population distribution

Urbanization
Urban population: 70.7% of total population
Rate of urbanization: 2.77% annual rate of change

Major urban areas
Population: ALGIERS (capital) 2.594 million; Oran 858,000 (2015)

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
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
International agreements signed but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Air pollutants

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.05 male/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male/female
25-54 years: 1.02 male/female
55-64 years: 1.03 male/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male/female
Total population: 1.03 male/female

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate
Total: 20.98 deaths/1000 live births
Male: 22.7 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 19.18 deaths/1000 live births
Rank: 83

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 76.59 years
Male: 75.29 years
Female: 77.96 years
Rank: 81

Total fertility rate: 2.78 children born/woman (2015 est.)
Rank: 65

Contraceptive prevalence rate: 61.4% (2006)

Drinking water source:

urban: 84.3% of population
rural: 81.8% of population
total: 83.6% of population
urban: 15.7% of population
rural: 18.2% of population
total: 16.4% of population (2015 est.)

Current health expenditure

Physicians density: 1.21 physicians/1000 population (2007)

Hospital bed density: 1.7 beds/1000 population (2004)

Sanitation facility access:

urban: 89.8% of population
rural: 82.2% of population
total: 87.6% of population
urban: 10.2% of population
rural: 17.8% of population
total: 12.4% of population (2015 est.)

Hivaids
Adult prevalence rate: 0.04% (2014 est.)
Adult prevalence rate rank: 125
People living with hivaids: 10,500 (2014 est.)
People living with hivaids rank: 92
Deaths: 200 (2014 est.)
Deaths rank: 101

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate: 23.6% (2014)
Rank: 116

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 3.7% (2005)
Rank: 102

Education expenditures: 4.3% of GDP (2008)
Rank: 97

Literacy
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 80.2%
Male: 87.2%
Female: 73.1%

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Total: 14 years
Male: 14 years
Female: 14 years

Youth unemployment

Algeria - Government 2015

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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
Note: the country name derives from the city of Algiers

Government type: republic

Capital
Name: Algiers
Geographic coordinates: 36 45 N 3 03 E
Time difference: UTC+1

Administrative divisions: 48 provinces (wilayas 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 Tamanrasset Tebessa Tiaret Tindouf Tipaza Tissemsilt Tizi Ouzou Tlemcen

Dependent areas

Independence: 5 July 1962 (from France)

National holiday: Revolution Day 1 November (1954)

Constitution: adopted 8 September 1963; amended several times last in 2008 to remove presidential term limits (2013)

Legal system: mixed legal system of French civil law and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials including several Supreme Court justices

International law organization participation: has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt

Citizenship
Birthright citizenship: no

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch
Chief of state: President Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA
Head of government: Prime Minister Abdelmalek SELLAL
Cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president
Electionsappointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in two rounds if needed for a 5-year term ; election last held on 17 April 2014 (next to be held in April 2019); prime minister appointed by the president
Election results: Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA reelected president for a fourth term; percent of vote - Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA 81.5% Ali BENFLIS (FLN) 12.2% Abdelaziz BELAID (Future Front) 3.4% other 2.9%

Legislative branch
Description: bicameral Parliament consists of the Council of the Nation and the National People's Assembly (462 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)
Elections: Council of the Nation - last held on 29 December 2012 ; National People's Assembly - last held on 10 May 2012 (next to be held in 2017)
Election results: Council of the Nation election of 29 December 2009 - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; National People's Assembly election of 10 May 2012 - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FLN 221 RND 70 AAV 47 FFS 21 PT 17 FNA 9 El Adala 7 MPA 6 PFJ 5 FC 4 PNSD 4 other 32 independent 19

Judicial branch
Highest court: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme ; note - Algeria's judicial system does not include sharia courts
Judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges appointed by the High Council of Magistracy an administrative body presided over by the president of the republic and includes the republic vice-president and several members; judge tenure NA; Constitutional Council members - 3 appointed by the president of the republic 2 each by the 2 houses of the Parliament 1 by the Supreme Court and 1 by the Council of State; Council president and members appointed for single 6-year terms with half the membership renewed every 3 years
Subordinate courts: appellate or wilaya courts; first instance or daira tribunals

Political parties and leaders: Algerian National Front or FNA [Moussa TOUATI]; Algerian Popular Movement or MPA [Amara BENYOUNES]; Algerian Rally [Ali ZAGHDOUD]; Algeria's Hope Rally or TAJ [Amar GHOUL]; Dignity or El Karama [Mohamed BENHAMOU]; Front for Change or FC [Abdelmadjid MENASRA]; Front for Justice and Development or El Adala [Abdallah DJABALLAH]; Future Front or El Mostakbel [Abdelaziz BELAID]; Green Algeria Alliance or AAV (includes Movement for National Reform Islamic Renaissance Movement and Movement of the Society of Peace or Hamas); Islamic Renaissance Movement or EnNahda Movement [Mohamed DHOUIBI]; Movement of the Society of Peace or MSP [Abderrazak MOKRI]; National Democratic Rally (Rassemblement National Democratique) or RND [Bensalah ABDELKADER]; National Liberation Front or FLN [Amar SAIDANI]; National Party for Solidarity and Development or PNSD; National Reform Movement or Islah [Djahid YOUNSI] (see Green Algeria Alliance); New Dawn Party or PFJ; New Generation or Jil Jadid [Soufiane DJILALI]; New Light Party [Bedreddine BELBAZ]; Oath of 1954 or Ahd 54 [Ali Fawzi REBAINE]; Party of Justice and Liberty [Mohammed SAID]; Rally for Culture and Democracy or RCD [Mohcine BELABBAS]; Socialist Forces Front or FFS [Mustafa BOUCHACHI]; Workers Party or PT [Louisa HANOUNE]
Note: a law banning political parties based on religion was enacted in March 1997

International organization participation: ABEDA AfDB AFESD AMF AMU AU BIS CAEU CD FAO G-15 G-24 G-77 IAEA IBRD ICAO ICC (national committees) ICRM IDA IDB IFAD IFC IFRCS IHO ILO IMF IMO IMSO Interpol IOC IOM IPU ISO ITSO ITU ITUC (NGOs) LAS MIGA MONUSCO NAM OAPEC OAS (observer) OIC OPCW OPEC OSCE (partner) UN UNCTAD UNESCO UNHCR UNIDO UNITAR UNWTO UPU WCO WHO WIPO WMO WTO (observer)

Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Madjid BOUGUERRA
In the us chancery: 2,118 Kalorama Road NW Washington DC 20,008
In the us telephone: [1] 265-2,800
In the us FAX: [1] 986-5,906
In the us consulate general: New York
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador Joan A. POLASCHIK
From the us embassy: 05 Chemin Cheikh Bachir El-Ibrahimi El-Biar 16,030 Algiers
From the us mailing address: B. P. 408 Alger-Gare 16,030 Algiers
From the us telephone: [213] 770-08-2000
From the us FAX: [213] 770-08-2,064

Flag description

: two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white; a red five-pointed star within a red crescent centered over the two-color boundary; the colors represent Islam (green) purity and peace (white) and liberty (red); the crescent and star are also Islamic symbols but the crescent is more closed than those of other Muslim countries because Algerians believe the long crescent horns bring happiness

National symbols: star and crescent fennec fox; national colors: green white red

National anthem
Name: 'Kassaman'
Lyrics and music: Mufdi ZAKARIAH/Mohamed FAWZI
Note: adopted 1962; ZAKARIAH wrote 'Kassaman' as a poem while imprisoned in Algiers by French colonial forces

National heritage

Algeria - Economy 2015

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Economy overview: Algeria's economy remains dominated by the state a legacy of the country's socialist postindependence development model. In recent years the Algerian Government has halted the privatization of state-owned industries and imposed restrictions on imports and foreign involvement in its economy. Hydrocarbons have long been the backbone of the economy accounting for roughly 60% of budget revenues 30% of GDP and over 95% of export earnings. Algeria has the 10th-largest reserves of natural gas in the world and is the sixth-largest gas exporter. It ranks 16th in oil reserves. Strong revenues from hydrocarbon exports have brought Algeria relative macroeconomic stability with foreign currency reserves approaching $200 billion and a large budget stabilization fund available for tapping. In addition Algeria's external debt is extremely low at about 2% of GDP. However Algeria has struggled to develop non-hydrocarbon industries because of heavy regulation and an emphasis on state-driven growth. The government's efforts have done little to reduce high youth unemployment rates or to address housing shortages. A wave of economic protests in February and March 2011 prompted the Algerian Government to offer more than $23 billion in public grants and retroactive salary and benefit increases moves which continue to weigh on public finances. Long-term economic challenges include diversifying the economy away from its reliance on hydrocarbon exports bolstering the private sector attracting foreign investment and providing adequate jobs for younger Algerians.

Real gdp purchasing power parity:

$551.8 billion (2014 est.)
$529.9 billion (2013 est.)
$515.7 billion (2012 est.)

Note: data are in 2014 US dollars
Rank: 34

Real gdp growth rate:

4.1% (2014 est.)
2.8% (2013 est.)
3.3% (2012 est.)

Rank: 71

Real gdp per capita:

$14,300 (2014 est.)
$13,700 (2013 est.)
$13,300 (2012 est.)

Note: data are in 2014 US dollars
Rank: 107

Gross national saving:

40.2% of GDP (2014 est.)
45.3% of GDP (2013 est.)
46.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

Rank: 4

Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 35.8%
Government consumption: 19.3%
Investment in fixed capital: 34.5%
Investment in inventories: 9.4%
Exports of goods and services: 30.1%
Imports of goods and services: -29.1%: (2014 est.)

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 8.6%
Industry: 48.3%
Services: 43.1%

Agriculture products: wheat barley oats grapes olives citrus fruits; sheep cattle

Industries: petroleum natural gas light industries mining electrical petrochemical food processing

Industrial production growth rate: 2.8% (2014 est.)
Rank: 104

Labor force: 12.19 million (2014 est.)
Rank: 45
By occupation agriculture: 14%
By occupation industry: 13.4%
By occupation construction and public works: 10%
By occupation trade: 14.6%
By occupation government: 32%
By occupation other: 16%

Unemployment rate:

10.6% (2014 est.)
9.8% (2013 est.)

Rank: 111

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line: 23% (2006 est.)

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share
Lowest 10: 2.8%
Highest 10: 26.8%

Distribution of family income gini index: 35.3 (1995)
Rank: 88

Budget
Revenues: $79.53 billion
Expenditures: $89.21 billion
Surplus or deficit: -4.2% of GDP (2014 est.)
Surplus or deficit rank: 145

Taxes and other revenues: 34.9% of GDP (2014 est.)
Rank: 63

Public debt:

7.5% of GDP (2014 est.)
7.1% of GDP (2013 est.)

Note: data cover central government debt as well as debt issued by subnational entities and intra-governmental debt
Rank: 156

Revenue

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate consumer prices:

2.9% (2014 est.)
3.2% (2013 est.)

Rank: 127

Central bank discount rate:

4% (31 December 2010)
4% (31 December 2009)

Rank: 98

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

8% (31 December 2014 est.)
8% (31 December 2013 est.)

Rank: 117

Stock of narrow money:

$115.2 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$105.6 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

Rank: 36

Stock of broad money:

$164.5 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$152.8 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

Rank: 45

Stock of domestic credit:

$27.92 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$6.398 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

Rank: 76

Market value of publicly traded shares: $N/A

Current account balance:

-$9.289 billion (2014 est.)
$542.8 million (2013 est.)

Rank: 148

Exports:

$62.1 billion (2014 est.)
$64.38 billion (2013 est.)

Rank: 55
Commodities: petroleum natural gas and petroleum products 97% (2009 est.)
Partners: Egypt 17% Iran 13.3% US 10.8% NZ 7.8% Republic of the Congo 7.5% UAE 7.1% Benin 4.9% Thailand 4.1% (2014)

Imports:

$55.36 billion (2014 est.)
$55.37 billion (2013 est.)

Rank: 52
Commodities: capital goods foodstuffs consumer goods
Partners: China 14.1% France 10.8% Italy 8.6% Spain 8.6% Germany 6.5% US 4.9% (2014)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$193.6 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$195 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

Rank: 15

Debt external:

$4.872 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$5.285 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

Rank: 129

Stock of direct foreign investment at home:

$27.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$24.97 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

Rank: 69

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad:

$1.955 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$1.865 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

Rank: 74

Exchange rates:

Algerian dinars (DZD) per US dollar -
79.6 (2014 est.)
79.368 (2013 est.)
77.54 (2012 est.)
72.938 (2011 est.)
74.386 (2010 est.)

Algeria - Energy 2015

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Coal

Petroleum
Petroleum total petroleum production: 1.762 million bbl/day (2013 est.)
Petroleum total petroleum production rank: 17
Crude oil exports: 1.097 million bbl/day (2010 est.)
Crude oil exports rank: 15
Crude oil imports: 6,400 bbl/day (2010 est.)
Crude oil imports rank: 78
Crude oil proven reserves: 12.2 billion bbl (1 January 2014 est.)
Crude oil proven reserves rank: 16

Crude oil

Refined petroleum
Products production: 571,400 bbl/day (2010 est.)
Products production rank: 28
Products consumption: 380,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products consumption rank: 37
Products exports: 471,900 bbl/day (2010 est.)
Products exports rank: 14
Products imports: 17,270 bbl/day (2010 est.)
Products imports rank: 109

Natural gas
Production: 78.6 billion m³ (2013 est.)
Production rank: 11
Consumption: 32.3 billion m³ (2013 est.)
Consumption rank: 29
Exports: 49 billion m³ (2012 est.)
Exports rank: 7
Imports: 0 m³ (2012 est.)
Imports rank: 151
Proven reserves: 4.505 trillion m³ (1 January 2014 est.)
Proven reserves rank: 10

Carbon dioxide emissions
From consumption of energy: 133.9 million Mt (2012 est.)
From consumption of energy rank: 36

Energy consumption per capita

Algeria - Communication 2015

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Telephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 3.1 million
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8
Fixed lines rank: 46
Mobile cellular total: 37.3 million
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 96
Mobile cellular rank: 33

Telephone system
General assessment: privatization of Algeria's telecommunications sector began in 2000; three mobile cellular licenses have been issued and in 2005 a consortium led by Egypt's Orascom Telecom won a 15-year license to build and operate a fixed-line network in Algeria; the license will allow Orascom to develop high-speed data and other specialized services and contribute to meeting the large unfulfilled demand for basic residential telephony; Internet broadband services began in 2003
Domestic: a limited network of fixed lines with a teledensity of less than 10 telephones per 100 persons has been offset by the rapid increase in mobile-cellular subscribership; in 2011 mobile-cellular teledensity was roughly 100 telephones per 100 persons
International: country code - 213; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-4 fiber-optic submarine cable system that provides links to Europe the Middle East and Asia; microwave radio relay to Italy France Spain Morocco and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisia; participant in Medarabtel; satellite earth stations - 51 (2011)

Broadcast media: state-run Radio-Television Algerienne operates the broadcast media and carries programming in Arabic Berber dialects and French; use of satellite dishes is widespread providing easy access to European and Arab satellite stations; state-run radio operates several national networks and roughly 40 regional radio stations (2007)

Internet
Country code: .dz
Users total: 6.5 million
Users percent of population: 16.7%
Users rank: 55

Broadband fixed subscriptions

Algeria - Military 2015

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Military expenditures:

4.48% of GDP (2012)
4.36% of GDP (2011)
4.48% of GDP (2010)

Rank: 8

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation: 17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 19-30 years of age for compulsory service; conscript service obligation is 18 months (6 months basic training 12 months civil projects) (2012)

Space program

Terrorist groups

Algeria - Transportation 2015

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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 157 (2013)
Rank: 36
With paved runways total: 64
With paved runways over 3047 m: 12
With paved runways 2438 to 3047 m: 29
With paved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 17
With paved runways 914 to 1523 m: 5
With paved runways under 914 m: 1
With unpaved runways total: 93
With unpaved runways 2438 to 3047 m: 2
With unpaved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 18
With unpaved runways 914 to 1523 m: 39
With unpaved runways: 34 (2013)

Heliports: 3 (2013)

Pipelines: condensate 2,600 km; gas 16,415 km; liquid petroleum gas 3,447 km; oil 7,036 km; refined products 144 km (2013)

Railways
Total: 3,973 km
Standard gauge: 2,888 km 1.432-m gauge
Narrow gauge: 1085 km 1.055-m gauge
Rank: 45

Roadways
Total: 113,655 km
Paved: 87,605 km
Unpaved: 26,050 km
Rank: 42

Waterways

Merchant marine
Total: 38
By type: bulk carrier 6 cargo 8 chemical tanker 3 liquefied gas 11 passenger/cargo 3 petroleum tanker 4 roll on/roll off 3
Foreign owned: 15 (2010)
Rank: 78

Ports and terminals
Major seaport: Algiers Annaba Arzew Bejaia Djendjene Jijel Mostaganem Oran Skikda
LNG terminal: Arzew Bethioua Skikida

Algeria - Transnational issues 2015

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Disputes international: Algeria and many other states reject Moroccan administration of Western Sahara; the Polisario Front exiled in Algeria represents the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic; Algeria's border with Morocco remains an irritant to bilateral relations each nation accusing the other of harboring militants and arms smuggling; dormant disputes include Libyan claims of about 32,000 km² still reflected on its maps of southeastern Algeria and the National Liberation Front's (FLN) assertions of a claim to Chirac Pastures in southeastern Morocco

Refugees and internally displaced persons
Refugees: 90,000 (Western Saharan Sahrawi mostly living in Algerian-sponsored camps in the southwestern Algerian town of Tindouf) (2014)
IDPs: undetermined (2013)

Illicit drugs

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