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A geographical map of the country including national traffic routes, stretches of water, markings of heights, and administrative zones. The map must at least be provided at a scale of 1:250,000 (1 cm = 2.5km). Geographic information is instrumental for many use cases, including the mapping of unemployment statistics or demographics, as well as journey planning.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| Downloadable | Yes | |
| Publicly available | Yes | |
| Openly licenced | No | No information about license is available. |
| Up-to-date | No | Data is rarely updated. |
| In an open and machine-readable format | ||
| location | https://www.mpdt.gov.ao/TodasPublicacoes.aspx - Ministry of Planning and Territorial Development | The only data published |
| Collected by government | No | I could not find any indication that the Ministry of Planning and Territorial Development is actually in charge with the collection and maintenance of these datasets. |
| findable_steps | I searched for the Ministry of planning of Angola. In the website I went to the Publication section | |
| characteristics | None of the above | The National Institute of Statistics provide a basic data about geographic and demographic information of Angola. https://www.ine.gov.ao/xportal/xmain?xpid=ine&xpgid=generics_detail&generics_detail_qry=BOUI=770278& |
| Controlled access | Yes | |
| Collector name | Ministry of Planning and Territorial Development | |
| Collected by private-org | Yes | https://dwms.fao.org/atlases/angola/index_en.htm |
| Collected by sub-government | No |
The website of the Ministry of Planning and Territorial Development was not working at the time of the review. I found no indication that there would be another national agency dealing with the national maps.