Booth+Angola

Angola is 1,246,700 square miles.
 * __ Ang ola __**


 * __ Location __**


 * Angola is located on the continent of Africa, at 12.35° South and 17.35° East.
 * Bordering countries are Democratic Republic of Congo to the northeast, Zambia to the east, and Namibia to the south.
 * The Atlantic Ocean borders the whole west side.

= = = = **__ Place __**
 * ==__** Physical Features **__==
 * Angola is about three times the size of California! It covers 1,069 km along the Southern Atlantic Ocean.
 * Angola's northern border is the Congo River which is a huge water resource to many farmers.
 * West Angola is mainly coastal plains that can be as narrow as 15 miles.
 * In the north the hills are very gradual but as you reach the south the Che la mountains and large plaques occur.



[] This is a link to the National Anthem of Angola.
 * __** Human Features **__
 * In recent years the government went from a one party to a nominally government. It's the seventh largest country in Africa.
 * A small area called Ca-bind is separated from the rest of the country by the Congo river.

**__ Movement __**
 * Angola is extremely fortunate to have 28 airports which helps many people and goods in transportation.
 * Ships however are still a big part in transport of food down the Congo river.
 * People don't usually move to Angola because of it's poverty in many people.




 * __ Human Environment Interaction __**
 * People farm in the rich hill soil.
 * Deforestation was becoming a problem because of logging, fortunately they have been able to reduce logging businesses by providing other fuels for cooking.
 * Diamond mining has effected the great farm lands and has forced farmers to leave on place and go to another.
 * To much fishing has caused some fish to go extinct in many of the lakes and rivers.
 * Fish prices in market have skyrocketed because of new laws of a certain number of harvest able fish.

__** Regions **__
 * Angola was ruled by Portugal people for 500 years because back when ships started to sail the Portuguese people sailed to the territory of Angola and thought they could claim it. After many Angola was able to gain freedom back. The U.S. was also under British command for many years until the revolutionary war.
 * Angola was now free but soon after in 1975 a extremely horrible civil war began and didn't end until 2002. The U.S had a bad civil war from 1861-1865.
 * Over 1 million people were internally misplaced! 500,000 died. In the U.S civil war 625,000 people died!