Spain 9%, US 9%, Germany 7%

External debt: $26 billion (1994)

Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $316 million (1993)

Currency: 1 Algerian dinar (DA) = 100 centimes

Exchange rates: Algerian dinars (DA) per US$1 - 53.003 (January 1996), 47.663 (1995), 35.059 (1994), 23.345 (1993), 21.836 (1992), 18.473 (1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation ———————

Railways:
  total: 4,772 km
  standard gauge: 3,616 km 1.435-m gauge (301 km electrified; 215 km
  double track)
  narrow gauge: 1,156 km 1.055-m gauge

Highways:
  total: 95,576 km
  paved: 63,080 km (including 400 km of expressways)
  unpaved: 32,496 km (1992 est.)

Pipelines: crude oil 6,612 km; petroleum products 298 km; natural
  gas 2,948 km

Ports: Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Beni Saf, Dellys,
  Djendjene, Ghazaouet, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda, Tenes

Merchant marine:
  total: 77 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 916,701 GRT/1,086,324
  DWT
  ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 27, chemical tanker 7, liquefied gas
  tanker 10, oil tanker 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 13, short-sea
  passenger 5, specialized tanker 1 (1995 est.)

Airports:
  total: 119
  with paved runways over 3 047 m: 8
  with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 24
  with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 13
  with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 4
  with paved runways under 914 m: 17
  with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 3
  with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 19
  with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 31 (1995 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications ———————

Telephones: 862,000 (1991 est.)

Telephone system:
  domestic: excellent service in north but sparse in south; domestic
  satellite system with 12 earth stations (20 additional domestic
  earth stations are planned)
  international: 5 submarine cables; microwave radio relay to Italy,
  France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and
  Tunisia; participant in Medarabtel; satellite earth stations - 2
  Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik, and
  1 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations: AM 26, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: 6 million (1991 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 18

Televisions: 2 million (1993 est.)

Defense ———-

Branches: National Popular Army, Navy, Air Force, Territorial Air
  Defense, National Gendarmerie

Manpower availability: males age 15-49: 7,391,946 males fit for military service: 4,534,267 males reach military age (19) annually: 326,229 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $1.3 billion, 2.7% of GDP (1994)

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@American Samoa ———————

(territory of the US)

Map —-

Location: 14 20 S, 170 00 W — Oceania, group of islands in the
  South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New
  Zealand

Flag ——

Description: blue with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the outer side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a staff and a war club

Geography ————-

Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean,
  about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

Geographic coordinates: 14 20 S, 170 00 W

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: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

International 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 (Rose Island, Swains Island)
  lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
  highest point: Lata 966 m

Natural resources: pumice, pumicite

Land use:
  arable land: 10%
  permanent crops: 5%
  meadows and pastures: 0%
  forest and woodland: 75%
  other: 10%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
  current issues: limited natural fresh water resources; in many areas
  of the island, water supplies come from roof catchments
  natural hazards: typhoons common from December to March
  international agreements: NA

Geographic 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 in the South Pacific Ocean

People ———