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Area: total: 1,246,700 sq km
land: 1,246,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Climate: semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda north has cool, dry season [May to October] and hot, rainy season [November to April]

Terrain: narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau

Natural resources: petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium

Population: 12,531,357 [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 43.6% [male 2,760,264/female 2,707,665]
15-64 years: 53.6% [male 3,416,914/female 3,302,552]
65 years and over: 2.7% [male 151,609/female 192,353] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Angolan[s]
adjective: Angolan

Ethnic groups: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico [mixed European and native African] 2%, European 1%, other 22%

Languages: Portuguese [official], Bantu and other African languages

Capital: name: Luanda
geographic coordinates: 8 50 S, 13 14 E
time difference: UTC+1 [6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]

National holiday: Independence Day, 11 November [1975]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 9.5%
industry: 65.8%
services: 24.6% [2007 est.]

Labor force: 6.64 million [2007 est.]

Budget: revenues: $17.29 billion
expenditures: $15.78 billion [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc [tapioca], tobacco, vegetables, plantains livestock forest products fish

Industries: petroleum diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, feldspar, bauxite, uranium, and gold cement basic metal products fish processing food processing, brewing, tobacco products, sugar textiles ship repair

Exports: $44.32 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Exports - commodities: crude oil, diamonds, refined petroleum products, gas, coffee, sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton

Exports - partners: US 38.1%, China 34.2%, Taiwan 5.8%, France 4.9%, Chile 4.1% [2006]

Imports: $12.29 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Imports - commodities: machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts medicines, food, textiles, military goods

Imports - partners: US 15.3%, Portugal 15%, South Korea 10.1%, China 8.8%, Brazil 8.2%, South Africa 6.7%, France 6.2% [2006]

Currency (code): kwanza [AOA]

Exchange rates: kwanza per US dollar - 76.6 [2007], 80.4 [2006], 88.6 [2005], 83.541 [2004], 74.606 [2003]

Airports: 232 [2007]

Railways: total: 2,761 km
narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge 123 km 0.600-m gauge [2006]

Merchant marine: total: 5 ships [1000 GRT or over] 6,865 GRT/8,825 DWT
by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 2
foreign-owned: 1 [Spain 1]
registered in other countries: 6 [Bahamas 6] [2007]

Ports and terminals: Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Namibe