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and employs 24% of labor force; net
importer of food - grain, vegetable oil, and sugar; farm production
includes wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits, sheep, and
cattle Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-85),
$1.4 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
commitments (1970-89), $925 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89),
$1.8 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $2.7 billion; net official
disbursements (1985-89), --$375 million Currency: Algerian dinar
(plural - dinars); 1 Algerian dinar (DA) = 100 centimes Exchange rates:
Algerian dinars (DA) per US$1 - 21.862 (January 1992), 18.473 (1991),
8.958 (1990), 7.6086 (1989), 5.9148 (1988), 4.8497 (1987)
:Algeria Economy
Fiscal year: calendar year
:Algeria Communications
Railroads: 4,060 km total; 2,616 km standard gauge (1.435 m), 1,188
km 1.055-meter gauge, 256 km 1.000-meter gauge; 300 km electrified;
215 km double track Highways: 80,000 km total; 60,000 km concrete
or bituminous, 20,000 km gravel, crushed stone, unimproved earth
Pipelines: crude oil 6,612 km; petroleum products 298 km; natural gas
2,948 km Ports: Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Djendjene, Ghazaouet,
Jijel, Mers el Kebir, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda Merchant marine: 75
ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 903,179 GRT/1,064,246 DWT;
includes 5 short-sea passenger, 27 cargo, 12 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5
petroleum tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 7 chemical tanker, 9 bulk, 1
specialized tanker Civil air: 42 major transport aircraft Airports: 141
total, 124 usable; 53 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways
over 3,659 m; 32 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 65 with runways
1,220-2,439 m Telecommunications: excellent domestic and
international service in the north, sparse in the south; 822,000
telephones; broadcast stations - 26 AM, no FM, 18 TV; 1,600,000 TV
sets; 5,200,000 radios; 5 submarine cables; radio relay to Italy, France,
Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisia;
satellite earth stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Indian Ocean
INTELSAT, 1 Intersputnik, l ARABSAT, and 15 domestic

:Algeria Defense Forces
Branches: National Popular Army, Navy, Air Force, Territorial Air
Defense, National Gendarmerie Manpower availability: males 15-49,
6,386,157; 3,928,029 fit for military service; 283,068 reach military
age (19) annually Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion -
$867 million, approximately 1.8% of GDP (1992)
:American Samoa Geography
Total area: 199 km2 Land area: 199 km2; includes Rose Island and
Swains Island Comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC
Land boundaries: none Coastline: 116 km Maritime claims: Contiguous
zone: 12 nm Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) Exclusive economic zone:
200 nm Territorial sea: 12 nm Disputes: none Climate: tropical marine,
moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages 124
inches; rainy season from November to April, dry season from May to
October; little seasonal temperature variation Terrain: five volcanic
islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls
Natural resources: pumice and pumicite Land use: arable land 10%;
permanent crops 5%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland
75%; other 10% Environment: typhoons common from December to
March Note: Pago Pago has one of the best natural deepwater harbors
in the South Pacific Ocean, sheltered by shape from rough seas and
protected by peripheral mountains from high winds; strategic location
about 3,700 km south-southwest of Honolulu in the South Pacific
Ocean about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand
:American Samoa People
Population: 51,115 (July 1992), growth rate 3.9% (1992); about 65,000
American Samoans live in the states of California and Washington and
20,000 in Hawaii Birth rate: 37 births/1,000 population (1992) Death
rate: 4 deaths/1,000 population (1992) Net migration rate: 6
immigrants/1,000 population (1992) Infant mortality rate: 19
deaths/1,000 live births (1992) Life expectancy at birth: 71 years male,
75 years female (1992) Total fertility rate: 4.5 children born/woman
(1992) Nationality: noun - American Samoan(s); adjective - American
Samoan; US, noncitizen nationals Ethnic divisions: Samoan
(Polynesian) 90%, Caucasian 2%, Tongan 2%, other 6% Religions:
Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant
denominations and other 30% Languages: Samoan (closely related to

Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages) and English; most people
are bilingual Literacy: 97% (male 97%, female 97%) age 15 and over
can read and write (1980) Labor force: 14,400 (1990); government 48%,
tuna canneries 33%, other 19% (1986 est.) Organized labor: NA
:American Samoa Government
Long-form name: Territory of American Samoa Type: unincorporated
and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the US
Department of Interior, Office of Territorial and International Affairs;
indigenous inhabitants are US nationals, not citizens of the US Capital:
Pago Pago Administrative divisions: none (territory of the US)
Independence: none (territory of the US) Constitution: ratified 1966, in
effect 1967; note - a comprehensive revision is awaiting ratification by
the US Congress (1992) National holiday: Territorial Flag Day, 17
April (1900) Executive branch: popularly elected governor and
lieutenant governor Legislative branch: bicameral Legislative
Assembly (Fono) consists of an upper house or Senate and a lower
house or House of Representatives Judicial branch: High Court, district
courts, and village courts