civil war
Highways:
total:
73,828 km
paved:
bituminous-surface 8,577 km
unpaved:
crushed stone, gravel, improved earth 29,350 km; unimproved earth
35,901 km
Inland waterways:
1,295 km navigable
Pipelines:
crude oil 179 km
Ports:
Luanda, Lobito, Namibe, Cabinda
Merchant marine:
12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 63,776 GRT/99,863 DWT, cargo 11,
oil tanker 1
Airports:
total:
302
usable:
175
with permanent-surface runways:
32
with runways over 3,659 m:
2
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
18
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
59
Telecommunications:
limited system of wire, microwave radio relay, and troposcatter
routes; high frequency radio used extensively for military links;
telephone service limited mostly to government and business use;
40,300 telephones (4.1 telephones per 1,000 persons); broadcast
stations - 17 AM, 13 FM, 6 TV; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth
stations
@Angola, Defense Forces
Branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force/Air Defense, People's Defense Organization and
Territorial Troops,
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 2,262,669; fit for military service 1,139,319; reach
military age (18) annually 96,900 (1994 est.)
Defense expenditures:
$NA, NA% of GDP
@Anguilla
Header
Affiliation:
(dependent territory of the UK)
@Anguilla, Geography
Location:
Caribbean, in the eastern Caribbean Sea, about 270 km east of Puerto
Rico
Map references:
Central America and the Caribbean
Area:
total area:
91 sq km
land area:
91 sq km
comparative area:
about half the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
61 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
3 nm
International disputes:
none
Climate:
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds
Terrain:
flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone
Natural resources:
negligible; salt, fish, lobster
Land use:
arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
meadows and pastures:
NA%
forest and woodland:
NA%
other:
NA% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial
salt ponds)
Irrigated land:
NA sq km
Environment:
current issues:
NA
natural hazards:
frequent hurricanes and other tropical storms (July to October)
international agreements:
NA
@Anguilla, People
Population:
7,052 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.67% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
24.25 b
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