Angola

Railways:
total: 2,761 km
narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 51,429 km
paved: 5,349 km
unpaved: 46,080 km (1999)

Waterways:
1,300 km (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 214 km; liquid natural gas 14 km; liquid petroleum gas 30 km;
oil 837 km; refined products 56 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Ambriz, Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Malongo, Namibe (Mocamedes), Porto
Amboim, Soyo

Merchant marine:
total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 26,123 GRT/42,879 DWT
by type: cargo 6, petroleum tanker 1
registered in other countries: 4 (2004 est.)

Airports:
244 (2003 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 manpower - military age and obligation:
17 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service
obligation - 2 years plus time for training (2001)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 2,620,219 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,317,328 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 113,103 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$265.1 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.9% (2003)

Transnational Issues Angola

Disputes - international:
continues to give shelter to refugees from the Democratic Republic
of the Congo while many Angolan refugees and Cabinda exclave
secessionists reside 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 10 February, 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 ear