Angola

1. Angola??????

debt (external)- $10.66 billion maj exp- crude oil, diamonds, refined petroleum products, gas, coffee, sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton maj imp- machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles, military goods ch. ag prod- bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc (tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fish ec org- ??? conflicts- ended 27-year civil war 5 years ago ref- 13,464 from Dem. Rep of Congo IDP- 61,700 LE- total population: 37.63 years male: 36.73 years female: 38.57 years (2007 est.) For more, visit https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ao.html

2. Why does Angola have such poor life expectancy?

HIGH rate of births and at the same time high death rate among the new born lower average life expectancy Health Life expectancy improved from 37.9 years in 1975 but remained low at 40.7 years in 2005. There are only eight physicians for every 100,000 people. With 1,700 deaths per 100,000 live births Angola has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. Malaria is the largest single cause of child morbidity and mortality and the greatest public health problem, according to UNICEF. Poor nutrition is also a major reason for the high levels of child morbidity and mortality. Worsening household poverty and food insecurity – 62 percent of the population is undernourished – continue to contribute to the extremely high rates of wasting among children. Cholera claimed more than 2,200 lives in 2006. The government has put the number of people affected by the cholera epidemic at 54,000, but observers say the real figures were undoubtedly higher. The causes underpinning the epidemic, such as treatment of sewage and drinking water, have yet to be addressed and health experts fear that if sanitation is not improved, cholera outbreaks will recur every rainy season.

3. What is a good place to stay near Pokagon State Park (Angola, Indiana)?

I visited Indiana last month and had a great time. The hotel I stayed at was OK, but I wouldn't stay there again. I found a list of hotels in Indiana here: http://www.hotelroomfinder.org/Indiana-Hotels.html I'm sure you can find a hotel to call and help get you situated.

4. What are the culture differences between Angola and the United States?

Countries, Facts Figures. http://countrystudies.us/ http://www.countryreports.org/ http://www.nationbynation.com/ http://www.factmonster.com/countries.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/index.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ http://education.yahoo.com/reference/factbook/;_ylt=AjgPIHeVuFG24KzyHBaLfaBeCc0F History of Nations This site has a history of every nation in the world as well as many non-sovereign territories. Each country is covered by a brief essay which gives the highlights of each nation's history. http://www.historyofnations.net/

5. What do you think of working in Angola (Africa)?how much is the usual salary for expat quantity surveyors?

6. Where is the Angola Rainforest In Africa?

I can understand you difficulty locating a tropical rain forest in Angola because I had it too. I spent considerable time looking for the location of a tropical rain forest in Angola. The only information that I received is that there is no longer any large tropical rain forest in Angola. That may be the reason.. In my searching for the answer I came across a suite which allows you to send e-mail to the Angolan embassy in Washington DC. http://www.angola.org/contact.html You might want to try that.

7. What do you know about Angola? Please answer without checking the map or encyclopedia?

Ok, top of my head stuff I know about Angola. - For years it was at war. Cubans, Russians and Americans played a major role in the civil war. -The rebel army was led by Jonas Savimbi, a charismatic leader of the UNITA. -It's on the South Western coast of Africa, on the Atlantic ocean. -Capital is Luanda. -It was a former Portuguese colony. -Abundant riches in oil. Hmmmm...I guess that's that. Do me a favour...see how much you know about Ethiopia. One Love !!! ---

8. Why the embargo to Cuba and not to Angola?

The Cuba embargo stems from a dispute over the fact that when Fidel took over, he nationalized holdings belonging to US citizens and interests, without proper compensation. The embargo was instituted as a retortion measure to try and force the commies to fork over compensation money or give the nationalized things back to their previous owners. The US never had such interests in Angola, nor does the country hold vital resources to US economy (like oil) so it is unlikely that the US will take action against them, whether economic sanction or armed invasion, no matter how horrid and undemocratic the country is..

9. How many provinces are there in Angola and their names?

Benguela Bié Cabinda Cuando Cubango Cuanza Norte Cuanza Sul Cunene Huambo Huíla Luanda Lunda Norte Lunda Sul Malanje Moxico Namibe Uíge Zaire

10. Why does Angola have such a high infant mortality rate?

Children Forty years of almost continuous war devastated basic health and education services, contributing to one of the world’s worst child mortality rates. According to 2004 UN figures, the infant mortality rate was 154 per 1,000 live births, with the under-five mortality rate at 260 – the third highest in the world. Almost half Angola’s children are out of school, 45 percent suffer chronic malnutrition, and a quarter of all children die before their fifth birthday, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). More than one in 10 children under age 14 has lost one or both parents and 43,000 are separated from their families. Countrywide there are thought to be more than 10,000 street children, driven to urban areas by poverty, of whom an estimated 5,000 are in Luanda. Nearly a third of children aged five to 14 are working. According to UNICEF, child trafficking is an emerging problem. Malaria is the largest single cause of child morbidity and mortality and the greatest public health problem, according to UNICEF. Poor nutrition is also a major reason for the high levels of child morbidity and mortality. Worsening household poverty and food insecurity – 62 percent of the population is undernourished – continue to contribute to the extremely high rates of wasting among children. Cholera claimed more than 2,200 lives in 2006. The government has put the number of people affected by the cholera epidemic at 54,000, but observers say the real figures were undoubtedly higher. The causes underpinning the epidemic, such as treatment of sewage and drinking water, have yet to be addressed and health experts fear that if sanitation is not improved, cholera outbreaks will recur every rainy season. Food vulnerability affected about 3.5 million people when the conflict ended in 2002, and still severely restricts agricultural production. Hundreds of thousands are still displaced, and many farming families have not returned to their land, while many others who have are often prevented from working large areas of farmland because it is still infested by landmines. In 2004 nearly 24 percent of Angolans faced extreme food insecurity. Although reconstruction is under way, devastated infrastructure continues to restrict the availability of key inputs - such as seed and fertiliser – and marketing of produce.

11. How much will it cost to post my baby to Angola?

lol nah leave the air hols royal mail will do it

12. How often does it rain in Angola?

13. How can I find funding for Special Education in Huila Angola?

Here is the address of a Special Education school in Detroit, Michigan. If you write a letter to the speech teachers, they may be able to assemble some extra supplies from classrooms and send them to you. Teachers of Speech and Language Moses Field School 1100 Sheridan Detroit, MI 48214 USA

14. Are there many white people living in Angola?

According to the US state department, about 1% of Angolans are white/of European descent: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/6619.htm This being said, there are a lot of foreigners in Angola working for the major oil corporations like Chevron Texaco that pump billions of barrels of oils from both onshore and off-shore wells there. Probably, most European-Angolans or whites living in Angola temporarily live fairly well. I know that the oil companies have fenced-off mini-communities for their executives and upper workers, so that the conditions they live in can be as much like home as possible.

15. So whats going to be the score to night South Africa vs Angola?

It's gonna be a draw.....1-all!!!!!

16. How do you say I remember Yannick. He was in my class. in Portuguese. Is it a different dialect in Angola?

In Angola the portuguese is very similar to the one spoken in Portugal, therefore with slight differences from the one spoken in Brasil. In portuguese from Angola the correct form would be: Eu lembro-me do Yannick. Ele estava na minha turma.

17. can i get the names of prisoners who died and was buried in angola st, prison,la.?

Hope that you look at your question, do an edit, and post it to a better catagory than this one, Pets. You can search the web in several places for grave sites, but mostly if you a name, or a date, or a state. One excellent site is http://www.findagrave.com Good Luck!

18. Why does Angola keep fielding Olympic basketball teams when they have no NBA players?

just like everyone else getting in the olympics means pride and BANK! no matter the size of the country its pride and bank. and if they made it in they had to beat somebody to qualify. go and talk sh!t about them, instead of the teams that worked to get in. go back to sleep.

19. why you dont accept that the americans lost the war on angola?

Jose the u.s. shouldnt be fighting wars because of oil or any other comodity. we went into iraq to fight them because they attacked our country. as far as im concerned they should have pulled out long ago. they brought justice by proscuting hussein and now we are still trying to help them get on their feet. its time they start taking back their country so they can live better. it isn't about winning or losing its all about freedom and the right to live that way.

20. Can someone name me 3 famous people from Angola and what they did to become famous?