The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      :Andorra Communications

      Highways:

       96 km

       Telecommunications:

       international digital microwave network; international landline circuits to

       France and Spain; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, no TV; 17,700 telephones

      :Andorra Defense Forces

      Note: defense is the responsibility of France and Spain

      :Angola Geography

      Total area:

       1,246,700 km2

       Land area:

       1,246,700 km2

       Comparative area:

       slightly less than twice the size of Texas

       Land boundaries:

       5,198 km total; Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zaire 2,511 km, Zambia 1,110

       km

       Coastline:

       1,600 km

       Maritime claims:

       Exclusive fishing zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       20 nm

       Disputes:

       civil war since independence on 11 November 1975; on 31 May 1991 Angolan

       President Jose Eduardo dos SANTOS and Jonas SAVIMBI, leader of the National

       Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), signed a peace treaty

       that calls for multiparty elections in late September 1992, an

       internationally monitored cease-fire, and termination of outside military

       assistance

       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

       Natural resources:

       petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite,

       uranium

       Land use:

       arable land 2%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 23%; forest and

       woodland 43%; other 32%

       Environment:

       locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on plateau; desertification

       Note:

       Cabinda is separated from rest of country by Zaire

      :Angola People

      Population:

       8,902,076 (July 1992), growth rate 2.7% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       46 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       19 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       152 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       43 years male, 47 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       6.6 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Angolan(s); adjective - Angolan

       Ethnic divisions:

       Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, Mestico 2%,European 1%, other 22%

       Religions:

       indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (est.)

       Languages:

       Portuguese (official); various Bantu dialects

       Literacy:

       42% (male 56%, female 28%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

       Labor force:

       2,783,000 economically active; agriculture 85%, industry 15% (1985 est.)

       Organized labor:

       about 450,695 (1980)

      :Angola Government

      Long-form name:

       People's Republic of Angola

       Type:

       in transition from a one-party Marxist state to a multiparty democracy with

       a strong presidential system

       Capital:

       Luanda

       Administrative divisions:

       18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie,

       Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila,

       Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire

       Independence:

       11 November 1975 (from Portugal)

       Constitution:

       11 November 1975; revised 7 January 1978, 11 August 1980, and 6 March 1991

       Legal system:

       based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; recently modified to

       accommodate multipartyism and increased use of free markets

       National holiday:

       Independence Day, 11 November (1975)

       Executive branch:

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