gas 30 km;
oil 837 km; refined products 56 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Cabinda, Luanda, Soyo

Merchant marine:
total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 26,123 GRT/42,879 DWT
by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 1
registered in other countries: 4 (2005)

Airports:
243 (2004 est.)

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 (2004 est.)

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 (2004 est.)

Military Angola

Military branches:
Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), Air and Air Defense Forces
(FANA)

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 17-49: 2,423,221 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 17-49: 1,174,548 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 121,254 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$183.58 million (2004)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
10.6% (2004)

Transnational Issues Angola

Disputes - international:
90,000 Angolan refugees were repatriated by 2004, the remaining
refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia are
expected to return in 2005; many Cabinda exclave secessionists have
sought shelter in neighboring states

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 40,000-60,000 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million
IDPs already have returned) (2004)

Illicit drugs:
used as a transshipment point for cocaine destined for Western
Europe and other African states

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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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
arran