The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      $11.2 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $8.357 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $17.23 billion (2007 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $227 million (2006 est.)

      Currency (code):

      kwanza (AOA)

      Currency code:

      AOA

      Exchange rates:

      kwanza (AOA) per US dollar - 76.6 (2007), 80.4 (2006), 88.6 (2005), 83.541 (2004), 74.606 (2003)

      Communications

       Angola

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      98,200 (2006)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      3.307 million (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: system inadequate; fewer than one fixed-line per 100 persons; combined fixed line and mobile telephone density exceeded 25 telephones per 100 persons in 2007 domestic: state-owned telecom had monopoly for fixed-lines until 2005; demand outstripped capacity, prices were high, and services poor; Telecom Namibia, through an Angolan company, became the first private licensed operator in Angola's fixed-line telephone network; Angola Telecom established mobile-cellular service in Luanda in 1993 and the network has been extended to larger towns; a privately-owned, mobile-cellular service provider began operations in 2001 international: country code - 244; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 29 (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2001)

      Radios:

      815,000 (2000)

      Television broadcast stations:

      6 (2000)

      Televisions:

      196,000 (2000)

      Internet country code:

      .ao

      Internet hosts:

      3,562 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      1 (2000)

      Internet users:

      100,000 (2007)

      Transportation

       Angola

      Airports:

      232 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 31 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 1 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 201 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 30 914 to 1,523 m: 95 under 914 m: 69 (2007)

      Pipelines:

      gas 234 km; liquid petroleum gas 85 km; oil 896 km; oil/gas/water 5 km (2007)

      Railways:

      total: 2,761 km narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2006)

      Roadways:

      total: 51,429 km paved: 5,349 km unpaved: 46,080 km (2001)

      Waterways:

      1,300 km (2007)

      Merchant marine:

      total: 6 by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1 foreign-owned: 1 (Spain 1) registered in other countries: 6 (Bahamas 6) (2008)

      Ports and terminals:

      Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Namibe

      Military

       Angola

      Military branches:

      Angolan Armed Forces (FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG),

       Angolan National Air Force (FANA) (2007)

      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 16–49: 2,856,492 females age 16–49: 2,755,864 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 1,430,658 females age 16–49: 1,371,689 (2008 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 142,791 female: 139,539 (2008 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      5.7% of GDP (2006)

      Transnational Issues

       Angola

      Disputes - international:

      Cabindan separatists continue to return to the Angolan exclave from exile in neighboring states and Europe since the 2006 ceasefire and peace agreement

      Refugees and internally displaced persons:

      refugees (country of origin): 12,615 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2007)

      Illicit drugs:

      used as a transshipment point for cocaine destined for Western Europe and other African states, particularly South Africa

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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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 arrangement was formally recognized in 1980, with Anguilla becoming a separate British dependency.

      Geography

       Anguilla

      Location:

      Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic

       Ocean, east of Puerto Rico

      Geographic coordinates:

      18 15 N, 63 10 W

      Map references:

      Central America and the Caribbean

      Area:

      total: 102 sq km land: 102 sq km water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative:

      about half the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:

      0 km

      Coastline:

      61 km

      Maritime claims:

      territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200