2001 Edition

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

Age structure

0-14 years: 43.31% (male 2,266,870; female 2,222,262) 15-64 years: 53.98% (male 2,847,089; female 2,748,091) 65 years and over: 2.71% (male 127,798; female 153,921) (2001 est.)

Agriculture - products

bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc (tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fish

Airports

247 (2000 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 31 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 216 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 30 914 to 1,523 m: 96 under 914 m: 83 (2000 est.) Angola Military

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

Background

Civil war has been the norm in Angola since independence from Portugal in 1975. A 1994 peace accord between the government and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) provided for the integration of former UNITA insurgents into the government and armed forces. A national unity government was installed in April of 1997, but serious fighting resumed in late 1998, rendering hundreds of thousands of people homeless. Up to 1.5 million lives may have been lost in fighting over the past quarter century. Angola Geography

Birth rate

46.54 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Budget

revenues: $928 million expenditures: $2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $963 million (1992 est.)

Capital

Luanda

Climate

semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)

Coastline

1,600 km

Constitution

11 November 1975; revised 7 January 1978, 11 August 1980, 6 March 1991, and 26 August 1992

Country name

conventional long form: Republic of Angola conventional short form: Angola local long form: Republica de Angola local short form: Angola former: People's Republic of Angola

Currency

kwanza (AOA)

Currency code

AOA

Death rate

24.68 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Debt - external

$10.8 billion (2000 est.)

Diplomatic representation from the US

chief of mission: Ambassador Joseph G. SULLIVAN embassy: number 32 Rua Houari Boumeddienne, Luanda mailing address: international mail: Caixa Postal 6484, Luanda; pouch: American Embassy Luanda, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2550 telephone: [244] (2) 345-481, 346-418

Diplomatic representation in the US

chief of mission: Ambassador Josefina Perpetua Pitra DIAKIDI chancery: 1615 M Street, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036 telephone: [1] (202) 785-1156

Disputes - international

none

Economic aid - recipient

$493.1 million (1995)

Economy - overview

Angola is an economy in disarray because of a quarter century of nearly continuous warfare. Despite its abundant natural resources, output per capita is among the world's lowest. Subsistence agriculture provides the main livelihood for 85% of the population. Oil production and the supporting activities are vital to the economy, contributing about 45% to GDP and 90% of exports. Violence continues, millions of land mines remain, and many farmers are reluctant to return to their fields. As a result, much of the country's food must still be imported. To fully take advantage of its rich resources - gold, diamonds, extensive forests, Atlantic fisheries, and large oil deposits - Angola will need to end its conflict and continue reforming government policies. Despite the increase in the pace of civil warfare in late 1998, the economy grew by an estimated 5% in 2000. The government introduced new currency denominations in 1999, including 1 and 5 kwanza notes. Internal strife discourages investment outside of the petroleum sector, which is producing roughly 800,000 barrels of oil per day. Angola has entered into a Staff Monitored Program (SMP) with the IMF. Continued growth depends on sharp cuts in inflation, further economic reform, and a lessening of fighting.

Electricity - consumption

1.372 billion kWh (1999)

Electricity - exports

0 kWh (1999)

Electricity - imports

0 kWh (1999)

Electricity - production

1.475 billion kWh (1999)

Electricity - production by source

fossil fuel: 32.2% hydro: 67.8% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1999)

Elevation extremes

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Morro de Moco 2,620 m

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 signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Ethnic groups

Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and Native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%

Exchange rates

kwanza per US dollar - 17,910,800 (January 2001), 10,041,000 (2000), 2,790,706 (1999), 392,824 (1998), 229,040 (1997), 128,029 (1996); note - in December 1999 the kwanza was revalued with six zeroes dropped off the old value

Executive branch

chief of state: President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (since 21 September 1979); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government head of government: President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (since 21 September 1979); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president elections: President DOS SANTOS originally elected (in 1979) without opposition under a one-party system and stood for reelection in Angola's first multiparty elections 29-30 September 1992 (next to be held NA) election results: DOS SANTOS 49.6%, Jonas SAVIMBI 40.1%, making a run-off election necessary; the run-off was not held and SAVIMBI's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) repudiated the results of the first election; the civil war resumed

Exports

$7.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Exports - commodities

crude oil 90%, diamonds, refined petroleum products, gas, coffee, sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton

Exports - partners

US 54%, South Korea 14%, Benelux 11%, China 7%, Taiwan 6% (1999)

FAX

[1] (202) 785-1258 consulate(s) general: New York

[244] (2) 346-924

Fiscal year

calendar year Angola Communications

Flag description

two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle) Angola Economy

GDP

purchasing power parity - $10.1 billion (2000 est.)

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 7% industry: 60% services: 33% (1999 est.)

GDP - per capita

purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2000 est.)

GDP - real growth rate

4.9% (2000 est.)

Geographic coordinates

12 30 S, 18 30 E

Geography - note

Cabinda is separated from rest of country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo Angola People

Government type

transitional government, nominally a multiparty democracy with a strong presidential system

Highways

total: 76,626 km paved: 19,156 km unpaved: 57,470 km (1997)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

2.78% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

15,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

160,000 (1999 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share

lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Illicit drugs

increasingly used as a transshipment point for cocaine and heroin destined for Western Europe and other African states

Imports

$2.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Imports - commodities

machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles, military goods

Imports - partners

South Korea 16%, Portugal 15%, US 13%, South Africa 10%, France 8% (1999)

Independence

11 November 1975 (from Portugal)

Industrial production growth rate

NA%

Industries

petroleum; diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, feldspar, bauxite, uranium, and gold; cement; basic metal products; fish processing; food processing; brewing; tobacco products; sugar; textiles

Infant mortality rate

193.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

325% (2000 est.)

International organization participation

ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, NAM, OAS (observer), OAU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Internet country code

.ao

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

1 (2000)

Internet users

12,000 (1999) Angola Transportation

Irrigated land

750 sq km (1993 est.)

Judicial branch

Supreme Court or Tribunal da Relacao (judges are appointed by the president)

Labor force

5 million (1997 est.)

Labor force - by occupation

agriculture 85%, industry and services 15% (1997 est.)

Land boundaries

total: 5,198 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 220 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km

Land use

arable land: 2% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 23% forests and woodland: 43% other: 32% (1993 est.)

Languages

Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages

Legal system

based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; recently modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased use of free markets

Legislative branch

unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (220 seats; members elected by proportional vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 29-30 September 1992 (next to be held NA) election results: percent of vote by party - MPLA 54%, UNITA 34%, others 12%; seats by party - MPLA 129, UNITA 70, PRS 6, FNLA 5, PLD 3, others 7

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 38.59 years male: 37.36 years female: 39.87 years (2001 est.)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 42% male: 56% female: 28% (1998 est.) Angola Government

Location

Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo

Map references

Africa

Maritime claims

contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM

Merchant marine

total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 39,305 GRT/63,067 DWT ships by type: cargo 8, petroleum tanker 1 (2000 est.)

Military branches

Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Police Force

Military expenditures - dollar figure

$1.2 billion (FY97)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP

22% (1999) Angola Transnational Issues

Military manpower - availability

males age 15-49: 2,480,016 (2001 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service

males age 15-49: 1,246,224 (2001 est.)

Military manpower - military age

18 years of age

Military manpower - reaching military age annually

males: 103,807 (2001 est.)

National holiday

Independence Day, 11 November (1975)

Nationality

noun: Angolan(s) adjective: Angolan

Natural hazards

locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau

Natural resources

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

Net migration rate

-0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Pipelines

crude oil 179 km

Political parties and leaders

Liberal Democratic Party or PLD [Analia de Victoria PEREIRA]; National Front for the Liberation of Angola or FNLA [disputed leadership: Lucas NGONDA, Holden ROBERTO]; National Union for the Total Independence of Angola or UNITA [Jonas SAVIMBI], largest opposition party has engaged in years of armed resistance; Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola or MPLA [Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS] ruling party in power since 1975; Social Renewal Party or PRS [disputed leadership: Eduardo KUANGANA, Antonio MUACHICUNGO]; UNITA-Renovada [Eugenio NGOLO "Manuvakola", leader] note: about a dozen minor parties participated in the 1992 elections but won few seats and have little influence in the National Assembly

Political pressure groups and leaders

Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda or FLEC [N'zita Henriques TIAGO; Antonio Bento BEMBE] note: FLEC is waging a small-scale, highly factionalized, armed struggle for the independence of Cabinda Province

Population

10,366,031 (July 2001 est.)

Population below poverty line

NA%

Population growth rate

2.15% (2001 est.)

Ports and harbors

Ambriz, Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Malongo, Mocamedes, Namibe, Porto Amboim, Soyo

Radio broadcast stations

AM 34, FM 7, shortwave 9 (1999)

Radios

630,000 (1997)

Railways

total: 2,771 km (inland, much of the track is unusable because of land mines still in place from the civil war) narrow gauge: 2,648 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2000)

Religions

indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Suffrage

18 years of age; universal

Telephone system

general assessment: telephone service limited mostly to government and business use; HF radiotelephone used extensively for military links domestic: limited system of wire, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Telephones - main lines in use

62,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular

7,052 (1997)

Television broadcast stations

7 (1999)

Televisions

150,000 (1997)

Terrain

narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau

Total fertility rate

6.48 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Unemployment rate

extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2000 est.)

Waterways

1,295 km