- commodities:
crude oil, diamonds, refined petroleum products, gas, coffee,
sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton
Exports - partners:
US 41.2%, China 13.7%, France 8%, Belgium 6.3%, Taiwan 6.3%, Japan
4.9%, Spain 4.3% (2002)
Imports:
$4.1 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts;
medicines, food, textiles, military goods
Imports - partners:
Portugal 20.2%, US 13.9%, South Africa 12.4%, France 6.7%, Brazil
5.8%, Belgium 5.3%, Netherlands 4% (2002)
Debt - external:
$9.9 billion (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$383.5 million (1999)
Currency:
kwanza (AOA)
Currency code:
AOA
Exchange rates:
kwanza per US dollar - 43.53 (2002), 22.06 (2001), 10.04 (2000),
2.79 (1999), 0.39 (1998); note - in December 1999 the kwanza was
revalued with six zeroes dropped off the old value
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Angola
Telephones - main lines in use:
72,000 (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
25,800 (2000)
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)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2000)
Radios:
815,000 (2000)
Television broadcast stations:
6 (2000)
Televisions:
196,000 (2000)
Internet country code:
.ao
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
60,000 (2002)
Transportation Angola
Railways: total: 2,761 km narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2002)
Highways: total: 51,429 km paved: 5,349 km unpaved: 46,080 km (1999)
Waterways:
1,295 km
Pipelines:
gas 214 km; liquid natural gas 14 km; liquid petroleum gas 30 km;
oil 845 km; refined products 56 km (2003)
Ports and harbors:
Ambriz, Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Malongo, Mocamedes, Namibe, Porto
Amboim, Soyo
Merchant marine:
total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,311 GRT/48,924 DWT
ships by type: cargo 7, petroleum tanker 1 (2002 est.)
Airports:
243 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 32
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 1 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 211
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 30
914 to 1,523 m: 95
under 914 m: 80 (2002)
Military Angola
Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Police Force
Military manpower - military age:
18 years of age (2003 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15–49: 2,568,082 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15–49: 1,290,884 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 109,752 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$222.7 million (FY02)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
5.4% (FY02)
Transnational Issues Angola
Disputes - international:
gives shelter to thousands of refugees from the Democratic Republic
of the Congo while thousands of Angolan refugees still remain in
neighboring states as a consequence of the protracted civil wars in
both states
Illicit drugs:
used as a transshipment point for cocaine destined for Western
Europe and other African states
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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@Anguilla
Introduction Anguilla
Background:
Colonized by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla
was administered by Great Britain until the early 19th century, when
the island - against the wishes of the inhabitants - was
incorporated into a single British dependency, along with Saint
Kitts and Nevis. Several attempts at separation failed. In 1971, two
years after a revolt, Anguilla was finally allowed to secede; this
arrangement was formally recognized in 1980, with Anguilla becoming
a separate British dependency.
Geography Anguilla
Location:
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic
Ocean, east of Puerto Rico
Geographic coordinates:
18 15 N, 63 10 W
Map references:
Central America and the Caribbean
Area: