Angola

Map of Angola

Country name:	Conventional long form: Republic of Angola
Capital	name: Luanda
Population	18,056,072 (July 2012 est.)
Sex ratio	At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Religions	Indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)
Nationality	Angolan(s)
National holiday	Independence Day, 11 November (1975)
Independence	11 November 1975 (from Portugal)
Languages	Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
Literacy: definition	age 15 and over can read and write total population: 70.1% male: 82.7% female: 58.1% (2010 est.)
Location	Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Geographic coordinates	12 30 S, 18 30 E
Map references	Africa
Area	total: 1,246,700 sq km land: 1,246,700 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area – comparative	Slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Land boundaries	Total: 5,198 km Border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km
Coastline	1,600 km
Maritime claims	Territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	Semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)
Terrain	narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau
Elevation extremes	Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Morro de Moco 2,620 m
Natural resources	petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium
Imports – commodities	machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles, military goods
Exports – commodities	crude oil, diamonds, refined petroleum products, coffee, sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton
Land use	arable land: 2.65% permanent crops: 0.23% other: 97.12% (2005)
Irrigated land	800 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	184 cu km (1987)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 0.35 cu km/yr (23%/17%/60%) per capita: 22 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards	locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau
Environment - current issues	overuse of pastures and subsequent soil erosion attributable to population pressures; desertification; deforestation of tropical rain forest, in response to both international demand for tropical timber and to domestic use as fuel, resulting in loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note	the province of Cabinda is an exclave, separated from the rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo