Profile in Algeria
Country Name   People's Democratic Republic of Algeria 
Government   Parliamentary Republic
Country Area   2,381,740 sq km  
Region   Africa
Location   Northern Africa, between Morocco and Tunisia, bordering the Mediterranean Sea
Population   33,769,669 (July 2008 est.)
Religion   Islam
Capital   Algiers
Major Provinces
Official Language   Arabic

Viewow’s Traveler Notes in Algeria
International Dialling Code   +213
Internet Country Code   .dz
Time zone   GMT +1
Monetary Unit   Algerian Dinar (DZD)
Electric Power   220 V / 50 Hz
Electric Plugs   C & F

Round pin attachment plug

"Schuko" plug and receptacle with side grounding contacts

Tip Etiquette   There is no social tipping rule

Emergency Call in Algeria
Medical   only local numbers

Police     only local numbers

Fire       only local numbers

Other   only local numbers        

View of Geography in Algeria
Coordinates   28 00 N, 3 00 E 

Total Area   2,381,740 sq km

Land Area   2,381,740 sq km
Water Area   0 sq km
Land Boundaries   6,343 km  
Border Countries   Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km,

Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km
Costline Lenghts   998 km
Highets Point   Tahat  3,003 m
Lowest Point   Chott Melrhir  40 m
Terrain   Narrow, discontinuous coastal plain;

high plateau and desert, some mountains
Climate   Arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot,

dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau

View of People in Algeria
National Name   Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah 
Nationality   Algerian
Ethnicity   Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
Languages   Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
Religious   Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
Independance day   1 November (1954)

View of Demographics in Algeria
Population Density   14.2% per sq km (July 2008 est.)
Population Growth   1.209% (2008 est.)
Urban Population Rate   58.3% (1998)
Infant Mortality Rate   28.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Total Fertility Rates   1.82 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Life Expectancy   75.49 years (2008 est.)
Birth Rate   17.03 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death Rate   4.62 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sex Ratio    1.01 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Literacy Rate   69.9% (2002 est.) 
Literacy Rate (female)   60.1% (2002 est.)
Suffrage   18 years of age

View of Economy in Algeria
Gdp (ppp)   $224.7 billion (2007 est.)
Budget   revenues: $56.36 billion, expenditures: $40.8 billion (2007 est.)
Exports   $59.52 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports   $27.52 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Invenstment   24.6% (percent of GDP) (2007 est.)
Unemployment Rate   13% (2007 est.)
Labor Force   9.38 million (2007 est.)
Inflation Rate   3.7% (2007 est.)
Growth Rate   4.6% (2007 est.)
Arable Land   3.17% (2005)
Industries   petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical
Agriculture   wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle
Natural Resources   petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc

View of Some Fact
Main Lines Phones   2.841 million (2006) 
Mobile Phones   27.563 million (2007)
Internet Hosts   2,077 (2007)
Internet users   2.46 million (2006)
Airports  150 (2007)
Gsm   GSM 900 / GSM 1800
Gsm Operator   ATM Mobilis, Djezzy, Nedjma
Railways   3,973 km (2006)
Highways   108,302 km (2004)
Merchant Marine   335 ships (1000 GRT or over) (2008)
Ports and Terminals   Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Djendjene, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda

Business Week in Algeria

---- Offices

Saturday - Wednesday   8a.m. to 12:30p.m. , 2p.m. to 6p.m.  

Thursday   8a.m. to noon

Friday   closed
---- Retails

Saturday - Thursday   9a.m. to  to noon , 2p.m. to 6p.m. 

Friday   closed

---- Banks

Sanday - Thursday   8:45a.m. or 9a.m. to 3p.m. or 4p.m.

Friday   closed

----  Government

Saturday - Wednesday   8a.m. to noon and 2p.m. to 5:30p.m.

Friday   closed

---- Notes All offices and businesses make allowances for Islamic prayer and holidays

Official Holidays of Algeria

New Year's Day   January 1

International Labor Day   May 1

Revolutionary Readjustment (Sursault Revolutionaire)   June 19

Anniversery of the Revolution   November 1  

Algeria
is Africa’s second-largest country, after Sudan. About 85 percent of
the country is taken up by the Sahara, while the mountainous Tell
region in the north makes up the balance. The tell is made up of two
main mountain ranges: the Tell Atlas and Saharan Atlas. The area
between two ranges is known as the High Plateau.

An
estimated 99 percent of Algeria’s population are Sunni Muslims: the
majority are Arab-Berber and live in the north of the country. Berber
traditions remain best preserved in the Kabylie region southeast of
Algiers, where people speak the local Berber dialect as their first
language.

Algeria
possesses the seventh largest reserves of natural gas in the world and
is the world’s second largest gas exporter. But this economic potential
has failed to translate itself into a higher living standard for the
majority of the population, and despite the government’s continued
efforts to diversify the economy through attracting foreign and
domestic investment outside the energy sector, the country’s high
unemployment rates and low living standards remain.