on
Angola

Airports:

232 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 31
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 201
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 30
914 to 1,523 m: 95
under 914 m: 69 (2007)

Pipelines:

gas 234 km; liquid petroleum gas 85 km; oil 896 km; oil/gas/water 5
km (2007)

Railways:

total: 2,761 km
narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:

total: 51,429 km
paved: 5,349 km
unpaved: 46,080 km (2001)

Waterways:

1,300 km (2007)

Merchant marine:

total: 6
by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 2, roll
on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Spain 1)
registered in other countries: 6 (Bahamas 6) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Namibe

Military
Angola

Military branches:

Angolan Armed Forces (FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG),
Angolan National Air Force (FANA) (2007)

Military service age and obligation:

17 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service
obligation - 2 years plus time for training (2001)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 2,856,492
females age 16-49: 2,755,864 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,430,658
females age 16-49: 1,371,689 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 142,791
female: 139,539 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

5.7% of GDP (2006)

Transnational Issues
Angola

Disputes - international:

Cabindan separatists continue to return to the Angolan exclave from
exile in neighboring states and Europe since the 2006 ceasefire and
peace agreement

Refugees and internally displaced persons:

refugees (country of origin): 12,615 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs
already have returned) (2007)

Illicit drugs:

used as a transshipment point for cocaine destined for Western
Europe and other African states, particularly South Africa

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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@Anguilla

Introduction
Anguilla

Background:

Colonized by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla was
administered by Gr