21.836 (1992), 18.473 (1991), 8.958 (1990), 7.6086 (1989)
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:
total:
90,031 km
paved:
concrete, bituminous 58,868 km
unpaved:
gravel, crushed stone, earth 31,163 km (1990)
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/1,064,211 DWT, bulk
9, cargo 27, chemical tanker 7, liquefied gas 9, oil tanker 5,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 12, short-sea passenger 5, specialized tanker 1
Airports:
total:
140
usable:
124
with permanent-surface runways:
53
with runways over 3,659 m:
2
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
32
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
65
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; microwave
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 12 domestic; 20 additional satellite earth stations are planned

@Algeria, Defense Forces

Branches:
National Popular Army, Navy, Air Force, Territorial Air Defense
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 6,863,378; fit for military service 4,215,767; reach
military age (19) annually 301,945 (1994 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $1.36 billion, 2.5% of GDP (1993 est.)

@American Samoa

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Affiliation:
(territory of the US)

@American Samoa, Geography

Location:
Oceania, Polynesia, in the South Pacific Ocean, 3,700 km
south-southwest of Honolulu, about halfway between Hawaii and New
Zealand
Map references:
Oceania
Area:
total area:
199 sq km
land area:
199 sq km
comparative area:
slightly larger than Washington, DC
note:
includes Rose Island and Swains Island
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
116 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone:
24 nm
continental shelf:
200-m depth or to depth of exploita