Where is Angola?
About Angola
The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media
Angola is a vast country in southern Africa.
Angola borders the Atlantic Ocean.
The land is a narrow coastal plain rising to a high plateau inland.
The geographical coordinates for the centre of Angola, also known as lines of latitude and longitude, are:-
Latitude - 12 30S
Longitude - 18 30E
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The Angolan flag is two equal horizontal stripes of red, at the top and black. In the centre of the flag is a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete, all in yellow.
Red represents liberty and black the African continent. The symbols are to represent workers and peasants.
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The total land area of Angola is 1,246,700 sq kms which is the 7th largest in Africa.
Angola has no lakes, rivers and canals.
Angola has boundaries with 4 countries
Angola has a coastline of 1,600 kms which is the 9th longest in Africa.
The highest point in Angola is Moca at 2,620 metres.
The total population of Angola is 30.36 million people, making it the 17th largest country in Africa by population.
Of this number 15.59 million are females and 14.77 million are males.
A person from Angola is called an Angolan.
To be a citizen of Angola, one of your parents must be a citizen of Angola. It is not sufficient to be born in Angola. You have to live in Angola for
10 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.
The largest five cities in Angola, by population are:-
The birth rate in Angola is 43.7 births per 1,000 of population
The death rate in Angola is 9.0 deaths per 1,000 people.
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There are 62.7 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 58.5 deaths of boys.
The median age for females is 16.3 and for males is 15.4. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number
of people above the median age as below it.
The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 19.4.
The elderly dependency ratio is 4.6. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).
The potential support ratio is 21.9. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.
Angola spends 3.3% of its total income on health care.
There are 0.21 doctors per 1,000 people.
We have no figures of the number of hospital beds per 1,000 people.
8.2% of the population are estimated as obese.
75.4% of the urban population and 28.2% of the rural population have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or
protected rainwater collection facility.
88.6% of the urban population and 22.5% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer, a pit latrine (that is a
permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.
Angola spends 3.5% of its total income on education.
Children usually start school at age 6 in Angola. Primary education is for six years until age 12 and secondary education can continue till 18. This may be followed
by further education at a university or college.
We are awaiting information for school terms in Angola.
60.7% of females and 82.0% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.
39.4% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 39.8% are unemployed while with males 39.0% can't find work.
The total number of people available for work in Angola is 12.51 million.
They work in the following sectors.
There are 31 paved airports in Angola, which is the 6th highest number in Africa.
There are 2,761 kilometres of railways in Angola, the 10th longest in Africa.
There are 51,429 kilometres of roads in Angola, which means Angola is in 14th place for the most kilometres of roads in Africa.