Geography Of 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 water: 0 sq km land: 1,246,700 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: 2.41% permanent crops: 0.24% other: 97.35% (2001)
Irrigated land	750 sq km (1998 est.)
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, 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 information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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