The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       hundreds of thousands of people homeless. Up to 1.5 million lives

       may have been lost in fighting over the past quarter century. The

       death of insurgent leader Jonas SAVIMBI in 2002 and a subsequent

       cease-fire with UNITA may bode well for the country.

      Geography Angola

      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

       water: 0 sq km

       land: 1,246,700 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: contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 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

      Land use: arable land: 2.41% permanent crops: 0.4% other: 97.19% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land:

       750 sq km (1998 est.)

      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, Desertification, Law of the

       Sea, 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

      People Angola

      Population:

       10,766,471 (July 2003 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 43.5% (male 2,363,829; female 2,317,610)

       15–64 years: 53.7% (male 2,941,999; female 2,842,923)

       65 years and over: 2.8% (male 134,330; female 165,780) (2003 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 18.2 years

       male: 18.2 years

       female: 18.2 years (2002)

      Population growth rate:

       1.97% (2003 est.)

      Birth rate:

       45.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Death rate:

       25.83 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female

       total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 193.82 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 180.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

       male: 206.26 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 36.96 years

       male: 36.13 years

       female: 37.83 years (2003 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       6.38 children born/woman (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       5.5% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       350,000 (2001 est.)

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