Internet hosts:
17 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
41,000 (2002)
Transportation 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 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
water: 0 sq km
land: 102 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 nm
Climate:
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds
Terrain:
flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crocus Hill 65 m
Natural resources:
salt, fish, lobster
Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some
commercial salt ponds) (2001)
Irrigated land:
NA sq km
Natural hazards:
frequent hurricanes and other tropical storms (July to October)
Environment - current issues: supplies of potable water sometimes cannot meet increasing demand largely because of poor distribution system
Geography - note: the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles
People Anguilla
Population:
13,008 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0–14 years: 23.8% (male 1,569; female 1,523)
15–64 years: 69.4% (male 4,641; female 4,385)
65 years and over: 6.8% (male 396; female 494) (2004 est.)
Median age:
total: 30.4 years
male: 30.4 years
female: 30.3 years (2004 est.)
Population growth