Angola
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Introduction - Angola: | Location - 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
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 | | Land use | arable land: 2.65%
permanent crops: 0.23%
other: 97.12% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 800 sq km (2003) | | 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, 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 | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |