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- Map of Angola
- Map of Angola
- SADC: Angola Administrative Map
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Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country :
| Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km .
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INFORMATIONS MAPS
| Land Boudaries Total :
| 5,198 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April) .
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| Area Total :
| 1,246,700 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 1,246,700 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 0 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly less than twice the size of Texas .
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| Coast Line :
| 1,600 km .
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| Railways Total :
| 2,761 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 51,429 km .
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| Waterways :
| 1,300 km (2004) .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Ambriz, Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Malongo, Namibe (Mocamedes), Porto Amboim, Soyo .
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Benguela ((São Felipe de Benguela, formerly spelt Benguella) is a port in western Angola, south of Luanda, and capital of Benguela Province. It lies on a bay of the same name, in 12° 33’ S., 13° 25’ E.
Benguela was founded in 1617 by the Portuguese under Manoel Cerveira Pereira. It was long the centre of an important trade, especially in slaves to Brazil and Cuba. The anchorage lies about a mile from the town, in 4 to 6 fathoms (7 to 11 m). Besides the churches of S. Felipe and S. Antonio, the hospital, and the fortress, there are (as of 1911) only a few stone-built houses. A short way beyond Benguela is Baía Farta, where salt is manufactured and sulphur excavated.
It is the port terminus of the railway that runs from Beira in Mozambique through the Copper Belt of Zambia and Zimbabwe. In 1983 it had a population of 155,000.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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