The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

dinars (DA) per US$1 - 21.862 (January 1992), 18.473 (1991), 8.958

       (1990), 7.6086 (1989), 5.9148 (1988), 4.8497 (1987)

      :Algeria Economy

      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:

       80,000 km total; 60,000 km concrete or bituminous, 20,000 km gravel, crushed

       stone, unimproved earth

       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/1,064,246 DWT; includes 5

       short-sea passenger, 27 cargo, 12 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 petroleum

       tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 7 chemical tanker, 9 bulk, 1 specialized tanker

       Civil air:

       42 major transport aircraft

       Airports:

       141 total, 124 usable; 53 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways

       over 3,659 m; 32 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 65 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

       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; 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 15 domestic

      :Algeria Defense Forces

      Branches:

       National Popular Army, Navy, Air Force, Territorial Air Defense, National

       Gendarmerie

       Manpower availability:

       males 15-49, 6,386,157; 3,928,029 fit for military service; 283,068 reach

       military age (19) annually

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $867 million, approximately 1.8% of GDP (1992)

      :American Samoa Geography

      Total area:

       199 km2

       Land area:

       199 km2; includes Rose Island and Swains Island

       Comparative area:

       slightly larger than Washington, DC

       Land boundaries:

       none

       Coastline:

       116 km

       Maritime claims:

       Contiguous zone:

       12 nm

       Continental shelf:

       200 m (depth)

       Exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       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

       Natural resources:

       pumice and pumicite

       Land use:

       arable land 10%; permanent crops 5%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and

       woodland 75%; other 10%

       Environment:

       typhoons common from December to March

       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 about 3,700 km south-southwest

       of Honolulu in the South Pacific Ocean about halfway between Hawaii and New

       Zealand

      :American Samoa People

      Population:

       51,115 (July 1992), growth rate 3.9% (1992); about 65,000 American Samoans

       live in the states of California and Washington and 20,000 in Hawaii

       Birth rate:

       37 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       4 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       6 immigrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       19 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       71 years male, 75 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       4.5 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - American Samoan(s); adjective - American Samoan; US, noncitizen

       nationals

       Ethnic divisions:

       Samoan (Polynesian) 90%, Caucasian 2%, Tongan 2%, other 6%

       Religions:

       Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant

       denominations and other 30%

       Languages:

       Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages) and

       English; most people are bilingual

       Literacy:

       97% (male 97%, female 97%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

       Labor force:

       14,400 (1990); government 48%, tuna canneries 33%, other 19% (1986 est.)

       Organized labor:

       NA

      :American Samoa Government

      Long-form name:

       Territory of American Samoa

       Type:

       unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US;

       administered by the US Department of Interior, Office of Territorial and

       International Affairs; indigenous inhabitants are US nationals, not citizens

       of the US

       Capital:

       Pago Pago

       Administrative divisions:

       none (territory of the US)