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Algeria
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Country’s Profile
| Official
Name: |
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria |
| Capital: |
Algiers |
| Head
of State: |
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
| Political
System: |
Republic |
| Language: |
Arabic |
| Currency: |
Algerian Dinar (DZD) |
| Area: |
2,381,740sq km |
| Population
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31,750,000 |
| Density
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12.4/km² |
| Urbanization: |
59% |
| Real
GDP Growth : |
5% (2000 est.) |
| Gross
Domestic Product : |
$5,500 (2000 est.) |
| Consumer
Price Inflation: |
2.5% (1999 est.) |
Membership
of international organizations
ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, AMU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MONUC, NAM, OAPEC, OAS, OAU, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
Natural
catastrophe history in the 20th Century:
| Date |
Event |
Area
Affected |
| 1910 |
Earthquake |
Masqueray |
| 1922 |
Earthquake |
Bordj Abou El Hasen, Dahra |
| 1924 |
Earthquake |
Batna |
| 1927 |
Flood |
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| 1937 |
Earthquake |
Guelma, Lapain |
| 1943 |
Earthquake |
Mansourah |
| 1946 |
Earthquake |
Hodna Mountains |
| 1947 |
Earthquake |
Oued - Hamimine, Mediterranean Sea |
| 1954 |
Earthquake |
El - Asnam |
| 1959 |
Earthquake |
Bou - Medfa |
| 1960 |
Earthquake |
Melouza |
| 1965 |
Earthquake |
M'sila |
| 1967 |
Earthquake |
Near Sig |
| 1968 |
Earthquake |
El Alen |
| 1969 |
Flood |
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| 1980 |
Earthquake |
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| 1994 |
Earthquake |
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| 2000 |
Earthquake |
Beni Ouartilene |
(Re)insurance
companies in selected country:
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