Angola
Angola is more than three times the size of
California, and has 1,609 km of coast line along the Atlantic
Ocean in southwest Africa. Most of the country is desert or
savanna, with hardwood forests in the northeast. Angola underwent
a transition from a one-party socialist state to a nominally
multiparty democracy in 1992. Angola was a major source of
slaves, and development of the interior began after the Berlin
Conference in 1885 fixed the colony's borders, and British
and Portuguese investment fostered mining, railways, and agriculture.
Angola is the second-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa,
yet its people are among the continents poorest.
Smile Africa has partnered with Fundacao
Brilhante of Endiama to provide
3 libraries and two computer labs in Angola, with plans to
cascade the LearningSPACE program across the country.
Angola: Basic Statistical Data
Population |
12,263,596 |
Growth Population Rate |
2.9% |
Life Expectancy |
Total: 41.4
Male: 40
Female: 43
|
Literacy |
Definition: age 15 and over can read and
write
Total population: 67.4%
Male: 82.9
Female: 54.2
|
Birth Rate |
45.63/1,000 population |
Death Rate |
260/1,000 population |
| Infant Mortality Rate |
Total: 187.49 deaths/1,000 live births
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| GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) |
32.8 $billion (2005 est.) |
| GDP (Real Growth Rate) |
20.6% (2005 est.) |
| GDP per capita (PPP) |
1,700.18 $ (2006 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate |
Effecting more than half the population |
| Population Below Poverty Line |
70% (2000 est.) |
| Inflation rate |
13% (2007 est.) |
| Public Debt |
59.0% of GDP (2006 est.) |
| Area |
Total: 1,246,700 sq km
Land: 1,246,700 sq km
Water: 0%
|
| Natural Resources |
petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates,
copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium |
| HIV/AIDS |
3.7% of Population |
| Major Infectious Diseases |
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea,
hepatitis A, typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria, African trypanosomiasis
(sleeping sickness) are high risks in some locations
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2007) |
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