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Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Total: 1,246,700 sq km
Country comparison to the world: 23
Land: 1,246,700 sq km
Water: 0 sq km
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Area - comparative: |
Slightly less than twice the size of Texas
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Land boundaries: |
Total: 5,198 km
Border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km
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Coastline: |
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Maritime claims: |
Territorial Sea: 12nm
Contiguous Zone: 24 nm
Exclusive Economic Zone: 200 nm |
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Climate: |
semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season(November to April)
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Terrain: |
narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau |
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Elevation extremes: |
Lowest Point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Highest Point: Morro de Moco 2,620 m
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Natural resources: |
petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium |
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Land use: |
Arable Land: 2.65%
Permanent Crops: 0.23%
Other: 97.12% (2005)
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Irrigated land: |
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Total renewable water resources: |
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Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): |
Total: 0.35 cu km/yr (23%/17%/60%)
Per Capita: 22 cu m/yr (2000) |
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Natural hazards: |
locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau
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Environment - current issues: |
overuse of pastures and subsequent soil erosion attributable to population pressures; desertification; deforestation of tropical rain forest, in response to both international demand for tropical timber and to domestic use as fuel, resulting in loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, MarineDumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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Geography - note: |
the province of Cabinda is an exclave, separated from the rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of theCongo
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