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Chapter 937 Angola
Chapter 937 Angola
Angola is located in southwestern Africa, bordering Congo (Brazzaville) and Congo (Kinshasa) to the north, Zambia to the east, Namibia to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.Most of the northern part has a savannah climate, the southern part has a subtropical climate, and the high-altitude areas have a temperate climate.
The whole country is mainly composed of plains, hills and plateaus.The total area is 1246700 square kilometers, the coastline is 1650 kilometers long, and the capital is Luanda.
From a historical point of view, the establishment of this country is inseparable from the Portuguese. In 1482, the Portuguese colonial fleet arrived for the first time, and the city of Luanda was established in 1576. This is also the beginning of what is now Angola.
From 1884 to 1885, Angola was designated as a Portuguese colony. In 1951, Portugal changed Angola to an "overseas province" of Portugal and appointed a governor to rule it.
从20世纪50年代起，安哥拉先后成立了三个民族解放组织并于60年代相继开展争取民族独立的武装斗争。1975年11月11日安哥拉成为了一个现代的独立国家。
In other words, almost all of this country from the primitive tribes to the modernized country is run by the Portuguese, so the whole country seems to have that strong sense of dislocation.
For example, Luanda, the capital of this country, looks very modern, with rows of high-rise buildings and a brightly lit scene at night, and the people walking on the streets are no different from those in big cities in Europe and America.
Even in 2014, the cost of living in this city ranked first among major cities in the world, compared with traditional cities such as New York and Tokyo.
But on the other hand, as long as you go out of the city, you will find that the rest of Gaga is poor and backward.For example, the per capita GDP in 2019 is only US$2973, and the per capita daily income is only 57 yuan, which belongs to the ranks of "low-middle-income countries".
The overall poverty has also led to the difficulty of people's livelihood in Angola. The poverty rate in this country is as high as 47.6%, the unemployment rate is as high as 20%, the illiteracy rate is as high as 34%, and the neonatal mortality rate is as high as 28.5‰.
In terms of physical fitness, Angola's adult HIV infection rate is 2%, and its national malnutrition rate is 18.6%. According to the 2019 Human Development Index released by the United Nations Development Program, Angola ranks 189th out of 149 countries, belonging to "medium human development". level".
So when leaving the city, Liang En could clearly see that the surrounding environment and infrastructure got worse the farther away from the city. After only half an hour after leaving the capital, the roadside changed from a bustling city to the most primitive style.
There are some asphalt roads of European standards in the community, but they turn into dilapidated concrete roads at the edge of the urban area, and now they have completely turned into dirt roads.
"Did we really go the wrong way?" Looking at the dust on both sides of the car window that was enough to be used as a smoke bomb, Joan of Arc said a little puzzled, "It is clearly marked on the map that this is a national road."
"That's right, this is indeed a national highway." Liang En said after communicating with a security guard next to him, "But this is the way of roads far away from cities in this country, even if it is a national highway."
"And from some perspectives, we were lucky, at least it didn't rain, otherwise this road would have turned into a large swamp, one of those rotten lands that even tanks couldn't get through. "
Historically, the country's long civil war was undoubtedly related to poor logistics. At least from the current situation, the armies of all parties in the civil war could only fight a dozen defensive battles, and the offensive war was due to poor logistics. Factors cannot be played.
"So the normal means of transportation in the entire African region is by plane, because compared with simple airports, neither railways nor roads can support this region."
Liang En has always had the urge to complain about the infrastructure here. He knew about the infrastructure here before, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.
Undoubtedly, this is also one of the important problems that Liang En faces when he wants to develop his industry. After all, the final product of his industry is not high-value and low-volume gold or gemstones, so this transportation problem is very problematic.
However, this does not mean that they have nothing to do. At least in the discussion on the plane, they decided to use the nearby river to complete important transportation work.
According to the information they got, although this river is not as good as that big river, it is relatively smooth from the place where Liang En and the others built the reservoir all the way downstream, which can be used for sailing.
Although the actual transportation volume is much smaller than the theoretical transportation volume due to the lack of detailed hydrological surveys and the rivers that have basically not been disturbed by human beings, there is no problem with the passage of 100-120t ships.
Therefore, they can use ships all the way to Luanda, the capital of this country, so that it becomes very convenient whether they are sold locally or exported.
"Because it's just a boat temporarily hired by local people, and the boat's condition is really bad, so we still need to take a car for safety reasons. When our boat arrives, we can take a boat next time." Liang En said to Joan of Arc.
Here we have to say that the Huaxia people are capable and hard-working. Almost all the construction of the hydropower station and the farm was entrusted to the Huaxia people. Under the generous salary and bonus policy, the engineers here have put in 120% of their efforts.
For example, during the construction of the farm, they directly hired people around them to start growing some vegetables that can mature quickly, and then sold these vegetables to the capital Luanda.
It's just that because of the scale of planting and transportation capacity, this business can't make much money, and now it can at most make up for part of the transportation expenses.
But not making much money is already good for the two of them. There is only one direct purpose of selling vegetables, that is, after the boats have transported the things needed to build the reservoir and the farm, they will not go back empty, at least they can bring some things go.
In other words, as long as this behavior does not lose money, it is enough, and the ability to make money now can only show one thing, that is, this business is definitely promising.
Because he can make profits even under very unfavorable circumstances, so with the gradual development of this aspect, the profits in this aspect will naturally become higher and higher.
Of course, they have also investigated this aspect and determined that if more ships are added, there will be no impact on the operation of existing ships, so that they can operate other ships in the future.
These 120-ton motorized vessels that can be used for inland river and offshore transportation are now being built in South African shipyards, because there are not many factories in Angola that can build ships of this level, and they are not as good as South Africa in terms of quality and cost.
"We have already started to train the team for the first batch of two ships." After speaking here, the younger of the two assistants said. "It's kind of hard to find people with a high school education in this country."
"It's already pretty good. After all, there are several countries with prenatal education per capita here, and this place is already considered good." Liang En had already prepared for these difficulties, so naturally he was also prepared.
"Anyway, it's still some time before the ship is built. It's enough for training. In particular, we recruit technicians and not scientific researchers. Sometimes it's not a big problem to have a lower degree."
(End of this chapter)
Angola is located in southwestern Africa, bordering Congo (Brazzaville) and Congo (Kinshasa) to the north, Zambia to the east, Namibia to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.Most of the northern part has a savannah climate, the southern part has a subtropical climate, and the high-altitude areas have a temperate climate.
The whole country is mainly composed of plains, hills and plateaus.The total area is 1246700 square kilometers, the coastline is 1650 kilometers long, and the capital is Luanda.
From a historical point of view, the establishment of this country is inseparable from the Portuguese. In 1482, the Portuguese colonial fleet arrived for the first time, and the city of Luanda was established in 1576. This is also the beginning of what is now Angola.
From 1884 to 1885, Angola was designated as a Portuguese colony. In 1951, Portugal changed Angola to an "overseas province" of Portugal and appointed a governor to rule it.
从20世纪50年代起，安哥拉先后成立了三个民族解放组织并于60年代相继开展争取民族独立的武装斗争。1975年11月11日安哥拉成为了一个现代的独立国家。
In other words, almost all of this country from the primitive tribes to the modernized country is run by the Portuguese, so the whole country seems to have that strong sense of dislocation.
For example, Luanda, the capital of this country, looks very modern, with rows of high-rise buildings and a brightly lit scene at night, and the people walking on the streets are no different from those in big cities in Europe and America.
Even in 2014, the cost of living in this city ranked first among major cities in the world, compared with traditional cities such as New York and Tokyo.
But on the other hand, as long as you go out of the city, you will find that the rest of Gaga is poor and backward.For example, the per capita GDP in 2019 is only US$2973, and the per capita daily income is only 57 yuan, which belongs to the ranks of "low-middle-income countries".
The overall poverty has also led to the difficulty of people's livelihood in Angola. The poverty rate in this country is as high as 47.6%, the unemployment rate is as high as 20%, the illiteracy rate is as high as 34%, and the neonatal mortality rate is as high as 28.5‰.
In terms of physical fitness, Angola's adult HIV infection rate is 2%, and its national malnutrition rate is 18.6%. According to the 2019 Human Development Index released by the United Nations Development Program, Angola ranks 189th out of 149 countries, belonging to "medium human development". level".
So when leaving the city, Liang En could clearly see that the surrounding environment and infrastructure got worse the farther away from the city. After only half an hour after leaving the capital, the roadside changed from a bustling city to the most primitive style.
There are some asphalt roads of European standards in the community, but they turn into dilapidated concrete roads at the edge of the urban area, and now they have completely turned into dirt roads.
"Did we really go the wrong way?" Looking at the dust on both sides of the car window that was enough to be used as a smoke bomb, Joan of Arc said a little puzzled, "It is clearly marked on the map that this is a national road."
"That's right, this is indeed a national highway." Liang En said after communicating with a security guard next to him, "But this is the way of roads far away from cities in this country, even if it is a national highway."
"And from some perspectives, we were lucky, at least it didn't rain, otherwise this road would have turned into a large swamp, one of those rotten lands that even tanks couldn't get through. "
Historically, the country's long civil war was undoubtedly related to poor logistics. At least from the current situation, the armies of all parties in the civil war could only fight a dozen defensive battles, and the offensive war was due to poor logistics. Factors cannot be played.
"So the normal means of transportation in the entire African region is by plane, because compared with simple airports, neither railways nor roads can support this region."
Liang En has always had the urge to complain about the infrastructure here. He knew about the infrastructure here before, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.
Undoubtedly, this is also one of the important problems that Liang En faces when he wants to develop his industry. After all, the final product of his industry is not high-value and low-volume gold or gemstones, so this transportation problem is very problematic.
However, this does not mean that they have nothing to do. At least in the discussion on the plane, they decided to use the nearby river to complete important transportation work.
According to the information they got, although this river is not as good as that big river, it is relatively smooth from the place where Liang En and the others built the reservoir all the way downstream, which can be used for sailing.
Although the actual transportation volume is much smaller than the theoretical transportation volume due to the lack of detailed hydrological surveys and the rivers that have basically not been disturbed by human beings, there is no problem with the passage of 100-120t ships.
Therefore, they can use ships all the way to Luanda, the capital of this country, so that it becomes very convenient whether they are sold locally or exported.
"Because it's just a boat temporarily hired by local people, and the boat's condition is really bad, so we still need to take a car for safety reasons. When our boat arrives, we can take a boat next time." Liang En said to Joan of Arc.
Here we have to say that the Huaxia people are capable and hard-working. Almost all the construction of the hydropower station and the farm was entrusted to the Huaxia people. Under the generous salary and bonus policy, the engineers here have put in 120% of their efforts.
For example, during the construction of the farm, they directly hired people around them to start growing some vegetables that can mature quickly, and then sold these vegetables to the capital Luanda.
It's just that because of the scale of planting and transportation capacity, this business can't make much money, and now it can at most make up for part of the transportation expenses.
But not making much money is already good for the two of them. There is only one direct purpose of selling vegetables, that is, after the boats have transported the things needed to build the reservoir and the farm, they will not go back empty, at least they can bring some things go.
In other words, as long as this behavior does not lose money, it is enough, and the ability to make money now can only show one thing, that is, this business is definitely promising.
Because he can make profits even under very unfavorable circumstances, so with the gradual development of this aspect, the profits in this aspect will naturally become higher and higher.
Of course, they have also investigated this aspect and determined that if more ships are added, there will be no impact on the operation of existing ships, so that they can operate other ships in the future.
These 120-ton motorized vessels that can be used for inland river and offshore transportation are now being built in South African shipyards, because there are not many factories in Angola that can build ships of this level, and they are not as good as South Africa in terms of quality and cost.
"We have already started to train the team for the first batch of two ships." After speaking here, the younger of the two assistants said. "It's kind of hard to find people with a high school education in this country."
"It's already pretty good. After all, there are several countries with prenatal education per capita here, and this place is already considered good." Liang En had already prepared for these difficulties, so naturally he was also prepared.
"Anyway, it's still some time before the ship is built. It's enough for training. In particular, we recruit technicians and not scientific researchers. Sometimes it's not a big problem to have a lower degree."
(End of this chapter)
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