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Angola: Geography
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Location:
| Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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Geographic coordinates:
| 12 30 S, 18 30 E |
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Map references:
| Africa |
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Area:
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total: 1,246,700 sq km land: 1,246,700 sq km water: 0 sq km |
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Area - comparative:
| slightly less than twice the size of Texas |
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Land boundaries:
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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 |
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Coastline:
| 1,600 km |
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Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
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Climate:
| semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April) |
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Terrain:
| narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau |
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Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Morro de Moco 2,620 m |
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Natural resources:
| petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium |
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Land use:
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arable land: 2.41% permanent crops: 0.24% other: 97.35% (2001) |
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Irrigated land:
| 750 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards:
| locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau |
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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 |
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Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note:
| the province of Cabinda is an exclave, separated from the rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
More about Angola:
The World Factbook 2005, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| AngolaGeography in English
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