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Capital: algiers
Country name
: conventional long form: people's democratic republic of algeria conventional short form: algeria local long form: al jumhuriyah al jaza'iriyah ad dimuqratiyah ash sha'biyah local short form: al jaza'ir
National holiday: revolution day. 1 november (1954)
Government type
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republic
Administrative divisions: 48 provinces (wilayas. singular - wilaya); adrar. ain defla. ain temouchent. alger. annaba. batna. bechar. bejaia. biskra. blida. bordj bou arreridj. bouira. boumerdes. chlef. constantine. djelfa. el bayadh. el oued. el tarf. ghardaia. guelma. illizi. jijel. khenchela. laghouat. mascara. medea. mila. mostaganem. m'sila. naama. oran. ouargla. oum el bouaghi. relizane. saida. setif. sidi bel abbes. skikda. souk ahras. tamanghasset. tebessa. tiaret. tindouf. tipaza. tissemsilt. tizi ouzou. tlemcen |
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Independence:
5 july 1962 (from france)
Political parties and leaders: algerian national front or fna [moussa touati]; democratic national rally or rnd [ahmed ouyahia. chairman]; islamic salvation front or fis (outlawed april 1992) [ali belhadj and dr. abassi madani. rabeh kebir (self-exiled in germany)]; national entente movement or men [ali boukhazna]; national liberation front or fln [abdelaziz belkhadem. secretary general (also serves as minister of state and special representative of the head of state)]; national reform movement or islah (formerly mrn) [abdellah djaballah]; national renewal party or pra [yacine terkmane]; progressive republican party [khadir driss]; rally for culture and democracy or rcd [said saadi. secretary general]; renaissance movement or ennahda movement [fatah rabei]; socialist forces front or ffs [hocine ait ahmed. secretary general (self-exiled in switzerland)]; social liberal party or psl [ahmed khelil]; society of peace movement or msp [boujerra soltani]; workers party or pt [louisa hanoun] note: a law banning political parties based on religion was enacted in march 1997
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
the algerian human rights league or ladh or laddh [yahia ali abdenour]; sos disparus [nacera dutour]; somoud [ali merabet]
International organization participation
: abeda. afdb. afesd. amf. amu. au. bis. fao. g-15. g-24. g-77. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icct (signatory). icftu. icrm. ida. idb. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso. itu. las. miga. monuc. nam. oapec. oas (observer). oic. onub. opcw. opec. osce (partner). un. un security council (temporary). unctad. unesco. unhcr. unido. unmee. upu. wco. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto (observer)
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