Algeria

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Medicine in Algeria

Health in Algeria, according to information from a March 6, 2006 United States report, does not compare well with the developed world. Algeria has inadequate numbers of physicians (one per 1,000 people) and hospital beds (2.1 per 1,000 people) and poor access to water (87 percent of the population) and sanitation (92 percent of the population).

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Money in Algeria

Banking hours: Sun-Thurs 0900-1530.

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Languages and population of Algeria

The official language of Algeria is (literary) Arabic, as specified in its constitution since 1963.