The 1992 CIA World Factbook | Page 7

Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
Languages: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects Literacy: 50%
(male 63%, female 36%) age 15 and over can read and write (1987)
Labor force: 3,700,000; industry and commerce 40%, agriculture 24%,
government 17%, services 10% (1984) 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
:Algeria Government
Long-form name: Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria Type:

republic Capital: Algiers Administrative divisions: 48 provinces
(wilayast, 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 Independence: 5 July 1962 (from France) Constitution:
19 November 1976, effective 22 November 1976; revised February
1989 Legal system: socialist, based on French and Islamic law; judicial
review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of
various public officials, including several Supreme Court justices; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction National holiday:
Anniversary of the Revolution, 1 November (1954) Executive branch:
president, prime minister, Council of Ministers (cabinet) Legislative
branch: unicameral National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi
Al-Watani) Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme) Leaders:
Chief of State: President Mohamed BOUDIAF; assassinated 29 June
1992 Head of Government: Interim Prime Minister Sid Ahmed
GHOZALI (since 6 June 1991) Political parties and leaders: National
Liberation Front (FLN); Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Hocine Ait
AHMED, Secretary General; the government established a multiparty
system in September 1989, and, as of 31 December 1990, over 30 legal
parties existed Suffrage: universal at age 18 Elections: National
People's Assembly: first round held on 26 December 1991 (second
round canceled by the military after President BENJEDID resigned 11
January 1992); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (281 total);
the fundamentalist FIS won 188 of the 231 seats contested in the first
round; note - elections (municipal and wilaya) were held in June 1990,
the first in Algerian history; results - FIS 55%, FLN 27.5%, other
17.5%, with 65% of the voters participating President: next election to
be held December 1993 Communists: 400 (est.); Communist party
banned 1962 Member of: ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, AMU,
CCC, ECA, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB,
IFAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC,
ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OAU, OIC,

OPEC, UN, UNAVEM, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU,
WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
:Algeria Government
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Abderrahmane BENSID;
Chancery at 2118 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008;
telephone (202) 265-2800 US: Ambassador Mary Ann CASEY;
Embassy at 4 Chemin Cheich Bachir El-Ibrahimi, Algiers (mailing
address is B. P. Box 549, Alger-Gare, 16000 Algiers); telephone [213]
(2) 601-425 or 255, 186; FAX [213] (2) 603979; there is a US
Consulate in Oran Flag: two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side)
and white with a red five-pointed star within a red crescent; the
crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam (the state
religion)
:Algeria Economy
Overview: The oil and natural gas sector forms the backbone of the
economy. Algeria depends on hydrocarbons for nearly all of its export
receipts, about 30% of government revenues, and nearly 25% of GDP.
In 1973-74 the sharp increase in oil prices led to a booming economy
and helped to finance an ambitious program of industrialization.
Plunging oil and gas prices, combined with the mismanagement of
Algeria's highly centralized economy, has brought the nation to its most
serious social and economic crisis since independence in 1988. The
government has promised far-reaching reforms, including privatization
of some public- sector companies, encouraging private-sector activity,
boosting gas and nonhydrocarbon exports, and proposing a major
overhaul of the banking and financial systems, but to date it has made
only limited progress. GDP: exchange rate conversion - $54 billion, per
capita $2,130; real growth rate 2.5% (1990 est.) Inflation rate
(consumer prices): 30% (1991 est.) Unemployment rate: 30% (1991
est.) Budget: revenues $16.7 billion; expenditures $17.3 billion,
including capital expenditures of $6.6 billion (1990 est.) Exports: $11.7
billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.) commodities: petroleum and natural gas 97%
partners: Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Italy, France, US
Imports: $9 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.) commodities: capital goods 29%,
consumer goods 30% partners: France 25%, Italy 8%, FRG 8%, US
6-7% External debt: $26.4 billion Industrial production: growth rate
--3% (1989 est.); accounts for 30% of GDP, including petroleum

Electricity: 6,380,000 kW capacity; 16,700 million kWh produced, 640
kWh per capita (1991) Industries: petroleum, light industries, natural
gas, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing Agriculture:
accounts for 11% of GDP