!!!Angola: Geography
||Location|Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo
||Geographic Coordinates|12 30 S, 18 30 E[{GoogleMap location='-12.5,18.5' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''1,246,700 sq km\\''land: ''1,246,700 sq km\\''water: ''0 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''5,369 km\\''border countries: ''Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,646 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 231 km, Namibia 1,427 km, Zambia 1,065 km
||Coastline|1,600 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Atlantic Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Morro de Moco 2,620 m
||Highest Mountains|__As there is no entry in [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com] we are listing mountain list of [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org] only:__\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Moco 2620 m; Lupangue 2554 m; Monte Ungungi 2511 m; Senha 2494 m; Vavele 2479 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Africa/Angola/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau
||Natural Hazards|locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau
||Natural Resource|petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium
||Land Use|''arable land: ''3.29%\\''permanent crops: ''0.23%\\''other: ''96.48% (2011)
||Climate|semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)
||Irrigated Land|855.3 sq km (2005)
||Renewable Water Resources|148 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|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, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Luanda; Huambo; Lobito; Benguela; Kuito\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Luanda; N’dalatando; Huambo; Lobito; Benguela\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Angola/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|the province of Cabinda is an exclave, separated from the rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo