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Angola

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 Location:Southern Africa
Bordering countries: Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Namibia
Area: 1,246,700 sq. km
Population statistics (based on United Nations sources):
  • Total: 12,479,000 (estimates for 1999)
  • Growth rate: 3.6
  • Ratio of males per 100 females: 97.5
  • Age structure (1995 figures)
    • Percentage aged 0-4 : 19.8
    • Percentage aged 5-14 : 27.9
    • Percentage aged 15-24 : 18.4
    • Percentage aged 25-60 : 26.4
    • Percentage aged 60-over : 7.5
  • Population density: 9 per sq. km

Literacy rate: 42% (1998)
GNP in US$ billions: 4.6 (1998)
GNP per capita in US$: 380 (1998)
Human Development Index value: 0.405 (1998)
Human Development Index rank: 160 of 174 countries
Gender-related Development Index value: na
Gender-related Development Index rank: na

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Angola is the largest country in Southern Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia and Zambia, and has an area of 1, 247,700 square kilometres. Angola has a population of over 11.9 million people, out of which 69% live in the rural areas. Since its independence from Portugal in 1975, Angola has been in a nearly continuous civil war which continues to damage and disrupt social and physical infrastructure. Despite the formation in 1997 of a government dedicated to national unity and reconciliation, the situation has remained tense and the civil war resumed in March 1999 between the current government led by the ruling party MPLA, and the UNITAS' movement.

Angola potentially has one of the most prosperous economies in Africa. Oil extraction from offshore and coastal fields between Luanda and Cabinda accounts for more than  90% of Angola foreign earnings, and the country has also mineral resources including diamonds, fertile agricultural land, hydroelectricity potential and marine fish resources. The full exploitation of the natural resources depends on the resumption of peace and stability.

In 2000, Angola had a total of  69,700 connected lines resulting in a telephone density of 0.53. Angola's telecommunications infrastructure has been heavily damaged by the continuous civil war.

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