Algeria Communications

Country Name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Capital City: Algiers

Population: 32,930,091 (2006)

Population Growth: 1.22% (2006)

Currency: Algerian dinar (DZD)

Languages: Arabic

Area: 2,381,740 sq km

Inflation Rate: 3% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 15.7% (2006)

Domain extension: .dz

COMMUNICATIONS OF ALGERIA

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.572 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

13.661 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999)

Television broadcast stations:

46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:

.dz

Internet hosts:

1,202 (2006)

Internet users:

1.92 million (2005)

International dialing code: