1985 Edition

Agriculture

main crops — wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus fruits, dates, vegetables, sheep, cattle, industrial crops

Airfields

161 total, 153 usable; 55 with permanent-surface runways; 28 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 72 with runways 1,2202,439 m Defense Forces

Branches

executive; unicameral legislature (National People's Assembly); judiciary

Armed Forces, Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie

Budget

$20 billion revenue, $20 billion expenditure (1984)

Capital

Algiers

Civil air

30 major transport aircraft

Communists

400 (est.); Communist Party illegal (banned 1962)

Crude steel

842,000 metric tons produced (1982)

Elections (latest)

presidential 12 January 1984; departmental assemblies 2 June 1974; local assemblies 30 March 1975; legislative 5 March 1982 Political parties and leaders: National Liberation Front (FLN), secretary General Chadli Bendjedid

Electric power

3,113,000 kW capacity (1984); 12.546 billion kWh produced (1984), 587 kWh per capita

Exports

$12.6 billion (f.o.b., 1984); major items— petroleum and gas 98.0%; US 39.0%, France 23.0% (1984)

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

GDP

$51.9 billion (1984 est.), $2,430 per capita; 4.0% real growth in 1984

Government leaders

Col. Chadli BENDJEDID, President (since February 1979); Abdelhanio BRAHIM, Prime Minister (since January 1984)

Highways

78,410 km total; 45,070 km concrete or bituminous, 33,340 km gravel, crushed stone, unimproved earth

Imports

$10.0 billion (f.o.b., 1984); major items — capital goods 35.0%, semifinished goods 25.0%, foodstuffs 18.0%; France 25.7%, US 6.0%

Legal system

based on French and Islamic law, with socialist principles; new constitution adopted by referendum November 1976; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials, including several Supreme Court justices; Supreme Court divided into four chambers; legal education at Universities of Algiers, Oran, and Constantine; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Major industries

petroleum, light industries, natural gas, mining, petrochemical, electrical, automotive plants (under construction), and food processing

Major trade partners

US, FRG, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Canada

Member of

Af DB, AIOEC, Arab League, ASSIMER, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB— Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, International Lead and Zinc Study Group, INTERPOL, IOOC, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OAU, QIC, OPEC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO Economy

Military manpower

males 15-49, 4,722,000; 2,919,000 fit for military service; 239,000 reach military age (19) annually

Monetary conversion rate

5.01 Algerian dinars=US$l (August 1984)

National holiday

Revolution Day, 1 November

Official name

Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria

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 Government

Pipelines

crude oil, 6,612 km; refined products, 298 km; natural gas, 2,948 km

Political subdivisions

48 wilayas (departments or provinces); 160 dairat (administrative districts); 691 communes

Ports

6 major, 6 secondary, 10 minor

Railroads

3,908 km total; 2,659 km standard gauge (1.435 m), 1,129 km 1.055-meter gauge, 120 km 1.000-meter gauge; 302 km electrified; 193 km double track

Suffrage

universal over age 19

Type

republic