ALGERIA ALGERIA REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JULY 5 1962 FROM FRANCE DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NOVEMBER 19 1976 POPULATION 31133486 1999 EST AREA 919595 SQ MI CAPITAL ALGIERS FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES PETROLEUM NATURAL GAS OIL IRON ORE PHOSPHATES LEAD URANIUM MAIN INDUSTRIES NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION PETROLEUM PROCESSING PETROCHEMICALS FOOD PROCESSING LIGHT MANUFACTURING AGRICULTURE BARLEY WHEAT OLIVES OATS DATES CITRUS FRUITS CATTLE SHEEP CURRENCY DINAR GDP 140.2 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 4600 1998 EST LANGUAGES ARABIC FRENCH BERBER DIALECTS RELIGIONS ISLAM SUNNISM LITERACY RATE 62 LIFE EXPECTANCY 68 YEARS MALE 70 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 27 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 6 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
