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	Angola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Angola is a country in southwestern Africa bordering Namibia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia, and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean.
		Angola is bordered by Namibia to the south, Zambia to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north-east, and the South Atlantic Ocean to the west.
		Angola is divided into an arid coastal strip stretching from Namibia to Luanda; a wet, interior highland; a dry savanna in the interior south and southeast; and rain forest in the north and in Cabinda.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angola (2146 words)

	Encyclopedia: Economy of Angola
		Angola's is the fastest-growing economy in Africa, largely due to a major oil boom, but it also ranks in the bottom 10 of socioeconomic conditions in the world.
		The name Angola is a Portuguese derivation of the Bantu word N’gola, being the title of the native rulers of the region in the 16th century, at the time of colonization by the Portuguese.
		Among Angola's major problems are a serious humanitarian crisis (a result of the prolonged war), the abundance of mine fields, and the actions of guerrilla movements fighting for the independence of the northern enclave of Cabinda.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Economy-of-Angola (2620 words)

	Angola. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Angola is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Congo (Kinshasa) on the north and northeast, by Zambia on the east, and by Namibia on the south.
		Angola’s rich agricultural sector was formerly the mainstay of the economy and currently provides employment for the majority of the people.
		The Portuguese first explored coastal Angola in the late 15th cent., and except for a short occupation (1641–48) by the Dutch, it was under Portugal’s control until they left the country late in the 20th cent.
	www.bartleby.com /65/an/Angola.html (1840 words)

	Economy of Angola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Angola has a fast-growing economy largely due to a major oil boom, but it also ranks in the bottom 10 of almost every socioeconomic indicator.
		Angola is the third-largest trading partner of the United States in sub-Saharan Africa, largely because of its petroleum exports.
		Angola's high growth rate is driven by its oil sector, but record oil prices and rising petroleum production have occurred without improved performance in other parts of the economy.
	infotut.com /geography/Angola/Economy (1457 words)

	Angola
		In short, Angola presents the worse indicators of human development in the world, although it is one of major oil producers in Africa and one of the greatest diamond exporters.
		Angola is bordered by the Democratic Republic of Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and Namibia to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
		Angola covers an enormous area which runs from the desert areas of the south to the jungles of the thickly vegetated North.
	us-africa.tripod.com /angola.html (3001 words)

	An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Angola including economic and travel overviews and directories of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Angola is situated in Southern Africa and shares its borders with the DRC, Namibia and Zambia as well as the Republic of Congo.
		The country’s economy has suffered because the age group most infected with the disease is that which is also the most economically significant one to the country.
		Angola has a number of chambers of commerce and industry and details of these can be found via our Organisation Search, as can details of relevant government departments.
	mbendi.co.za /cyancy.htm (2227 words)

	Political Economy of Oil in Angola, August 1998
		Angola was under Portuguese colonial rule from 1915 to 1975, and as in many other African nations, the legacies bequeathed by the colonial era are still evident.
		In Angola the correlation between illiteracy rate (often used as an indicator of access to primary education) and degree of deprivation or poverty is 0.99 according to UNDP estimates (1997).
		The government, the Minister of Petroleum of Angola, and the Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola (SONANGOL) are supportive of the AEAF and the CUA project, and representatives from the Ministry and SONANGOL are on the AEAF Board of Directors.
	www.aeaf.org /papers/1998-08-ellen-olafsen.htm (7251 words)

	Economy of Angola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the last decade of the colonial period, Angola was a major African food exporter but now is forced to import almost all its food.
		Economy - overview: Angola is an economy in disarray because of a quarter century of nearly continuous warfare and corruption.
		Notwithstanding the signing of a peace accord in November 1994, violence continues, millions of land mines remain, and many farmers are reluctant to return to their fields.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economy_of_Angola (897 words)

	Angola (01/06)
		Angola is located on the South Atlantic Coast of West Africa between Namibia and the Republic of the Congo.
		Angola is governed by a president who is assisted by a prime minister and 30 cabinet ministers, all appointed by the president.
		Angola maintains an embassy in the United States at 2100-2108 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20009 (tel.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/6619.htm (5196 words)

	Angola on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Portuguese first explored coastal Angola in the late 15th cent., and except for a short occupation (1641-48) by the Dutch, it was under Portugal's control until they left the country late in the 20th cent.
		Angola is facing one of the most dramatic famine crisis to have hit the African continent in the last ten years.
		Angola is facing one of the most dramatic famine crisis to have hit the African continent in the last ten
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/Angola.asp (2573 words)

	Angola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Angola's population is largely of African descent, with most of the inhabitants speaking a Bantu language.
		Angola has yet to experience an extended period of peace, however, as the country's civil war began almost immediately after independence was granted.
		The countryside of Angola is one of the most heavily mined areas of the world.
	www.fcbh.org /africanamerican/InternationalMissions/angola.htm (543 words)

	Angola - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Angola is a country in southwestern Africa bordering Namibia, Congo-Kinshasa, and Zambia, and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean.
		Among Angola's major problems are a serious humanitarian crisis (a result of the prolonged war), the abundance of mine fields, and the actions of guerrilla movements fighting for the independence of the northern enclave of Cabinda (Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda).
		The dwelling-places of the natives are usually small huts of the simplest construction, used chiefly as sleeping apartments; the day is spent in an open space in front of the hut protected from the sun by a roof of palm or other leaves.
	www.unipedia.info /Angola.html (1691 words)

	globalEDGE (TM) \| country insights - Economy of Angola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Chevron also operates Angola's first producing deepwater section, Block 14, which started pumping in January 2000 at the rate of 80,000 bpd and is scheduled to add 180,000 bpd in production by 2006.
		TotalFinaElf operates Angola's one refinery (in Luanda) as a joint venture with Sonangol; plans for a second refinery in Lobito with projected production of 200,000 bpd are moving forward.
		Angola is the second-largest trading partner of the United States in sub-Saharan Africa, largely because of its petroleum exports.
	globaledge.msu.edu /IBRD/CountryEconomy.asp?CountryID=186&RegionID=5 (1305 words)

	Angola Portuguese Settlers in Angola - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		Because Brazil was the jewel of Portugal's overseas territories, Portuguese who immigrated to Angola were frequently deserters, degredados, peasants, and others who had been unable to succeed in Portugal or elsewhere in the Portuguese-speaking world.
		Owing principally to the African colony's unsavory reputation in Portugal and the high regard in which Brazil was held, there was little emigration to Angola in the 1600s and 1700s.
		Thus, the white population of Angola in 1777 was less than 1,600.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/angola/angola_history_portuguese_settlers_in_angola.html (297 words)

	The economy (from Angola) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Angola had a diversified and rapidly growing economy in the late colonial period, but it suffered badly after independence.
		A destructive civil war, the nationalization of most large enterprises, ineffective central planning, a heavily overvalued currency, and a constant exodus of skilled personnel were the main negative factors.
		Angola, which is the seventh largest country in Africa, has an area of 481,351 square miles (1,246,700 square kilometers).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-43856 (700 words)

	Angola - Economy
		Angola has been an economy in disarray because of a quarter century of nearly continuous warfare.
		An apparently durable peace was established after the death of rebel leader Jonas SAVIMBI on February 22, 2002, but consequences from the conflict continue including the impact of wide-spread land mines.
		While Angola made progress in bringing inflation down further, from 325% in 2000 to about 106% in 2002, the government has failed to make sufficient progress on reforms recommended by the IMF such as increasing foreign exchange reserves and promoting greater transparency in government spending.
	www.classbrain.com /art_cr/publish/printer_angola_economy.shtml (352 words)

	Sanctions Against Angola - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council
		After Nigeria, Angola is the second largest producer of oil in sub-Saharan Africa and the world's fourth largest producer of diamonds.
		Three years after the end of Angola's civil war, hundreds of thousands of refugees have returned to their homes, but lack basic services and receive little or no help from the government.
		Angola still faces a key problem with its elite and the state looting system that remains in place.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/sanction/indexang.htm (2417 words)

	Angola Economy
		Production from these Cabinda fields will be eclipsed by deepwater production further south in the Kwanza Basin scheduled to come on-line between 2002 and 2010 that will more than double current production.
		An economic reform effort launched in 1998 was only marginally successful in addressing persistent fiscal mismanagement and corruption.
		The Angolan Armed Forces, known by its Portuguese acronym FAA, are headed by a chief of staff who reports to the civilian minister of defense.
	www.traveldocs.com /ao/economy.htm (1272 words)

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		While the government in the past sidestepped the concerns of its urban population, often citing the 27-year-long war effort as reason for its failure to deliver basic social services, observers point out that peacetime has ushered in a whole new set of expectations.
		The sellers are among millions of Angolans who depend on the informal economy for survival.
		Angola's health indicators are among the worst in the world.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=32707 (1435 words)

	AllRefer.com - Angola - The Economy \| Angolan Information Resource
		Although the political and military situation undoubtedly contributed to these economic problems, the Angolan economy had never been very strong, and most economic successes were of recent and precarious origins.
		Moreover, vast areas that had been cultivated for both cash and subsistence crops lay idle, and Angola was forced to import food.
		Indeed, even the local labor force, which had worked on the large agricultural estates, was unemployed and subsisted in displacement camps or in the cities on foreign aid.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/angola/angola93.html (389 words)

	Angola Economy
		China and Angola signed an export buyer's credit agreement in 2003, which offered sufficient funding for the reconstruction of Angola's economy, the ambassador...
		Wednesday here said his country will give priority in its co-operation with Angola to the sectors of development, such as education, economy and commerce.
		In Angola and Rwanda alone, the failed peace agreements of the early...
	www.nation-info.com /Angola-Economy.html (644 words)

	Traveljournals.net - Economy of Angola
		Violence continues, millions of land mines remain, and many farmers are reluctant to return to their fields.
		Despite the increase in the pace of civil warfare in late 1998, the economy grew by an estimated 5% in 2000.
		Continued growth depends on sharp cuts in inflation, further economic reform, and a lessening of fighting.
	www.traveljournals.net /explore/angola/economy.html (402 words)

	USAID Africa: Angola
		Angola's economy continues to grow, but overall performance is below potential because of weak physical infrastructure, poor economic policy, and continued corruption at all levels of society.
		The United States seeks to assist Angola in its economic rehabilitation, effective national reconciliation, resettlement and reintegration of war-affected populations, reconstruction of crucial infrastructure, and the establishment of democratic and free market economic processes.
		Angola is the United States' eighth largest supplier of oil.
	www.usaid.gov /locations/sub-saharan_africa/countries/angola (522 words)

	H-Net Review: Elaine Windrich on Angola's War Economy: The Role of Oil and Diamonds
		This collection, however, is not only about Angola's war economy (which accounts for about half of the sixteen chapters).
		A similar example of deviation from the book's main theme of Angola's war economy is the chapter on "Ethnicity and Conflict in Angola" by Assis Malaquias, an Angolan scholar who now teaches in the US.
		His position is that, while Angola's conflict is being depicted as a resource war, this view does not take into account the important underlying causes of the conflict, i.e., "the dominant politico-military forces' reluctance to share power and wealth within an inclusive multi-ethnic and multi-racial political system" (p.
	www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=233091033927513 (918 words)

	Angola's War Economy
		This study reflects possibly the most complete work on the Angolan war economy to be published in recent years.
		The book first presents a theoretical framework for the political economy of the Angolan abundant resource war and an interpretative account of the internal and regional dynamics of the war, its global and arms dynamics and ethnic roots.
		Four of the sixteen chapters are devoted to the diamond industry, looking at commercial diamond mining in Angola, porous borders and diamond smuggling and the political sociology of power struggles in the diamond rich Lundas.
	www.iss.co.za /Pubs/BOOKS/ANGOLA.HTML (357 words)

	ANGOLA VISAS; Tourist Visas, Business Visas, Expedited Visas - Angola Page
		Civil war has been the norm in Angola since independence from Portugal in 1975.
		A 1994 peace accord between the government and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) provided for the integration of former UNITA insurgents into the government and armed forces.
		A national unity government was installed in April of 1997, but serious fighting resumed in late 1998, rendering hundreds of thousands of people homeless.
	www.travisa.com /Angola/angolaportal.htm (410 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Angola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Angola is slowly rebuilding its country after the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002.
		Fighting between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), led by Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS, and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas SAVIMBI, followed independence from Portugal in 1975.
		Peace seemed imminent in 1992 when Angola held national elections, but UNITA renewed fighting after being beaten by the MPLA at the polls.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/ao.html (1515 words)

	GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Africa - Angola - Economy
		ChevronTexaco also operates Angola's first producing deepwater section, Block 14, which started pumping in January 2000 at the rate of 80,000 bpd and is scheduled to add 180,000 bdp in production by 2006.
		ChevronTexaco and Sonangol are exploring the feasibility of a liquefied natural gas plant at Soyo.
		About 5.1% of U.S. non-OPEC oil imports in 2002 were from Angola, a share that should continue to increase.
	www.geographyiq.com /countries/ao/Angola_economy_summary.htm (1147 words)

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