Angola is situated in the western region of southern Africa. Its territory is composed of a coast of 1.650 Km and 4.837 Km of land frontier. Angola is bordered to the north and north-east by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia to the south east while Namibia accounts for the southern border. The maximum north south length of the territory is 1,277 km and the maximum width from west to east is 1,236 km.
The country can be divided into six geomorphologic zones, namely:

The coastal zone,
The marginal mountain chain
The old table land
The Zaire basin
The Cubango basin
The Zambeze basin

The basin occupy some 60% of the territory characterized by inland tablelands and by the relief of Atlantic Talude that comes down in the form of stareis to the ocean. About 65% of the territory is situated at an altitude of between 1000-1600 meters. One finds the highest peaks in the central region, namely the Moco Hill (2,620m) and the Meco Hill (2,538m) situated in Huambo Province. There are five major rivers in Angola, namely the rivers Zaire, Kwanza, Cunene, Cubango and Queve.

Capital: Luanda
Date of Independence: 11 November 1975
President: José Eduardo dos Santos
Government: Multi-Party Democracy
Major cities: Luanda, Benguela, Lobito, Huambo, Lubango, Namibe and Cabinda.

Climate: Tropical

Angola has two seasons: the rainy and the dry (Cacimbo) seasons. The latter, which is less warm, lasts between September and April.
Both the rains and the annual variations in temperature levels are characteristics common to every region. The location of Angola in the inter-tropical and sub-tropical region of the southern hemisphere, the nearness to the sea, the cold sea stream of Benguela and the relief features are factors that determine and characterise two different climatic regions, namely the Coastal climatic region and the inland climatic region.

Temperature- average temperature of over 23°C

Inland Climatic Region
This climatic region is divided in three areas, namely northern, high and south-west.
Northern-with high rain and temperature levels.
High-formed by the central tableland region and characterized by annual average temperatures of closed to 19°C and a dry season of relatively low temperatures. South-west- a semi-desert area due to its closeness to the Kalahari desert with low temperatures during the dry season and high temperatures in the hot season. This region is influenced by high degrees of continental tropical air.

The vegetations varies with the climate, The thick rain forests are found in the north and in the Cabinda enclave, To the south the rain forest give way to savanah lands of mixed trees and grass, which in turn gradually turns into grasslands to the south and east. Palm trees are found on most of the coast and sparse desert vegetation grows south of Namibe.
Wildlife is as diverse as the vegetation and includes many of the larger African mammals, such as the elephant, rhinoceros, giraffe, hippoptamus, zebra, antelope, lion, and gorilla. Also found are crocodiles and diversity of birdlife and insects. Agriculture Arable land constitutes only about 2,8 percent of Angola' s total area. Less than one-sixth of this is under permanent cultivation. The main export crop, coffee, is grown in the northern part of the country. The leading subsistence crop is cassava or manioc. Ohter major crops include sugarcane, bananas and corn. Also important are vegetable cotton, palm, products and sisal. Livestock raising mostly in the south, remains a subsistence activity and suffers from the presence of the tsetse fly.Population characteristics The population of Angola, is about 11,000.000 (1993 estimate),the overall population density is only about eigth inhabitants per sq Km. Distribution is however uneven with about 70 percent of the population concentrated in the north and along the coast. The population is overwhelmingly rural with only one-third of the population living in urban areas.