The Kissama National Park is flanked to the west by 120 km of coast, to the north by the CuanzaRiver and to the south by the Longa River.
The provincial capital is Sumbe and the population in the province is estimated at 1,130,273 inhabitants in the UN’s 2004 Consolidated Appeal for Transition.
The greatest fishing centre in Angola, the Namibe Province is flanked by the Cunene River on the south and the Atlantic Ocean on the west.
Also part of Angola is the territory of Cabinda, a small enclave located on the Atlantic coast north of the mouth of the Congo River and separated from the rest of Angola by a small strip of territory belonging to the DRC.
Of the many rivers that drain to the Atlantic Ocean, the Cuanza and Cunene are the most important.
Valuable tropical woods are found on the plateau, north of the CuanzaRiver.