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Area: total: 2,381,740 sq km
land: 2,381,740 sq km
water: 0 sq km

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

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

Population: 33,769,669 [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 26.3% [male 4,528,919/female 4,349,746]
15-64 years: 68.7% [male 11,699,701/female 11,509,619]
65 years and over: 5% [male 779,467/female 902,217] [2008 est.]

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

Languages: Arabic [official], French, Berber dialects

Capital: name: Algiers
geographic coordinates: 36 45 N, 3 03 E
time difference: UTC+1 [6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]

National holiday: Revolution Day, 1 November [1954]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.2%
industry: 61.4%
services: 30.4% [2007 est.]

Labor force: 9.38 million [2007 est.]

Budget: revenues: $56.36 billion
expenditures: $40.8 billion [2007 est.]

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

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

Exports: $59.52 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Exports - commodities: petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97%

Exports - partners: US 27.2%, Italy 17%, Spain 9.8%, France 8.8%, Canada 8.1%, Belgium 4.3% [2006]

Imports: $27.52 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Imports - commodities: capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods

Imports - partners: France 22.1%, Italy 8.6%, China 8.6%, Germany 5.9%, Spain 5.9%, US 4.8%, Turkey 4.5% [2006]

Currency (code): Algerian dinar [DZD]

Exchange rates: Algerian dinars per US dollar - 69.9 [2007], 72.647 [2006], 73.276 [2005], 72.061 [2004], 77.395 [2003]

Airports: 150 [2007]

Railways: total: 3,973 km
standard gauge: 2,888 km 1.435-m gauge [283 km electrified]
narrow gauge: 1,085 km 1.055-m gauge [2006]

Merchant marine: total: 35 ships [1000 GRT or over] 694,686 GRT/707,251 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 8, chemical tanker 2, liquefied gas 9, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 4, roll on/roll off 2, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 12 [UK 12] [2007]

Ports and terminals: Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Djendjene, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda