Angola - Brief overview of the geography, government structure, economy, population, defense system, and infrastructure, prepared annually by the Central Intelligence Agency. Includes a map and a reproduction of the flag.
Angola - Information, including travel tips, relevant to this nation of southwestern Africa. Contains a map, advisories, and materials on history, the economy, society, and government. Also provides visa requirements for U.S. citizens.
Destinations-Angola - Travel guide to this country. Provides notes on climate, history, economy, culture, society, politics, transportation, and major cities.
Lobito, Angola - Lobito, city and Angola's chief port, located 400 kilometers south of Luanda, western Angola, in Benguela Province, on Lobito Bay (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean), near the city of Benguela. The city is the ocean terminus of the important Benguela Railway, which carries the mineral wealth of the southern Zaire and Northern Zambia. Lobito exports copper, tin, cobalt, manganese, uranium and zinc from the mines. Exports from central Angola include iron, sisal, cotton, coffee, sugar, grains, beeswax, hides and skins and salt. The port has complete oil- and coal-bunkering facilities. Local plants process sugar, rice and castor oil and manufacture cement. Industries include shipbuilding and food processing. Founded (1843) by the Portuguese and built mainly on reclaimed land, the city became a commercial center after the completion (1929) of the Benguela RR, but declined in the 1970s due to damage of port facilities during the war of independence from Portugal.
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