Angola

Republic of Angola

GOVERNMENT:
President:--------------------------------- Jose' Eduardo dos Santos
Prime Minister: ----------------------------- Fernando José de Franca Dias
Independence:----------- Independence from Portugal in Nov. 11, 1975

GEOGRAPHY:
Location:------------------------------------ Southern Africa
Natural Resources:----------- Diamonds, Gold, Petroleum, iron ore,
phosphates, copper, feldspar, bauxite, uranium
Area: --------------------- 1,246,700 sq.km : 481,354 sq mi
Capital City: ----------------------------- Luanda
Capital city (Est. pop.):------------------ 2,081,000

PEOPLE:
Population: ----------------------------- 10,864,512
Literacy:------------------ 42% (males:56%, females:28%)
Languages:----------------- Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African
Languages
Monitary unit:--------------- Kwanza
Official languages:------------------- Bantu , Portuguese
Economy:------------ diamonds and oil exports

VITAL STATISTICS:
Birth Rate:----------------------- 44.11 (per 1,000 population)
Death Rate:---------------------- 17.24 (per 1,000 population)
Infant Mortality Rate:----------- 135.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Fertility Rate:------------------ 6.27 (per woman)
Life Expectancy at Birth:
- total population: 47.32 (Males:45.12, Females:49.64)

ECONOMY:
GDP:------ purchasing power parity - $8.3 billion (1996)
- GDP real growth rate :------- 9%
- GDP per capita:------- $700
Inflation Rate: ---------------- (Consumer prices): 1,700% (1996)
National Budget:
- Revenues:-------------- $928 million
- Expenditures:-------------- $2.5 billion
External Debt:------------ $12.5 billion
Currency:---------------- 1 new kwanza = 100 lwei
Labor Force:------------- 2.783 million
Unemployment Rate:------------ (extensive unemployment and
underemployment affecting more than half the population) (1994).
Agriculture:-------------- Bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn(maize),
cotton, manioc(tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest
products; fish.
Industries:----------------- Petroleum; diamonds, iron ore, phosphates,
feldspar, bauxite, uranium, and gold; fish processing; food processing;
brewing; tobacco; sugar; textiles; cement; basic metal products.
Exports:---------------------- $4 billion
- Commodities:--- Oil, diamonds, refined petroleum products, gas, coffee,
sisal, fish, and fish products, timber, cotton.
Imports:------------------- $1.7 billion
- Commodities:--- Capital equipment (machinery and electrical
equipment), food, vehicals and spare parts, textiles and clothing,
medicines, substantial military deliveries.

DEFENCE:
Defence Expenditures:------------- exchange rate conversion - $1.1 billion,
31% of GDP

Geography:Angola is located on South West Africa along the southern Atlantic Ocean