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| Location | Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Geographic coordinates | 12 30 S, 18 30 E |
| Map references | africa |
| Area |
total: 1,246,700 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 1,246,700 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly less than twice the size of Texas |
| Land boundaries |
total: 5,198 km border countries: 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 |
| Coastline | 1,600 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| 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 |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: atlantic ocean 0 m highest point: morro de moco 2,620 m |
| Natural resources | petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium |
| Land use |
arable land: 2.41% permanent crops: 0.24% other: 97.35% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 750 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau |
| Environment - current issues | overuse of pastures and subsequent soil erosion attributable to population pressures; desertification; deforestation of tropical rain forest, in response to both international demand for tropical timber and to domestic use as fuel, resulting in loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, desertification, law of the sea, ozone layer protection, ship pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | the province of Cabinda is an exclave, separated from the rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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