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Angola or Angolie, the Republict o Angola (Portuguese: República de Angola, pronounced: [ʁɛˈpublika de ɐ̃ˈɡɔla]; Kongo: Repubilika ya Ngola) official-like, is a kintra in sooth-central Africae bordered bi Namibie on the sooth, Democratic Republic o the Congo on the north, an Zambie on the east; its wast coast is on the Atlantic Ocean wi Luanda as its caipital ceety. The exclave province o Cabinda haes a border wi the Republic o the Congo an the Democratic Republic o the Congo. Angola wis a Portuguese owerseas territory frae the 16t century tae 1975. Efter independence, Angola wis the scene o an intense ceevil war frae 1975 tae 2002. The kintra is the seicont-lairgest petroleum an diamond producer in sub-Saharan Africae; housomeivver, its life expectancy an infant mortality rates are baith amang the wirst ranked in the warld. In August 2006, a peace treaty wis signed wi a faction o the FLEC, a separatist guerrilla group frae the Cabinda exclave in the North, which is still active. Aboot 65% o Angola's petroleum comes frae that region.
Republict o Angola República de Angola (Portuguese) | |
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Location o Angola (dark blue) in the African Union (light blue) | |
Caipital | Luanda 8°50′S 13°20′E / 8.833°S 13.333°E |
Lairgest ceety | capital |
Offeecial leids | Portuguese |
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Ethnic groups (2000) | 36% Ovimbundu 25% Ambundu 13% Bakongo 22% ither African 2% Mestiço 1% Cheenese 1% European |
Demonym(s) | Angolan |
Govrenment | Unitar dominant-pairty presidential constitutional republic |
• Preses | João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço |
• Vice Preses | Bornito de Sousa |
Legislatur | Naitional Assemmly |
Formation | |
• Portuguese colonisation | 1575 |
• Unthirldom frae Portugal, unner Communist rule | 11 November 1975 |
• Unitit Naitions full membership | 22 November 1976 |
• Current constitution | 21 Januar 2010 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 1,246,700 km2 (481,400 sq mi) (22nt) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
Population | |
• 2014 census | 25,789,024 |
• Density | 20.69/km2 (53.6/sq mi) (199t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $193.935 billion (64th) |
• Per capita | $6,881 (107t) |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $122.365 billion (61st) |
• Per capita | $4,342 (91st) |
Gini (2009) | 42.7 medium |
HDI (2015) | 0.564 medium · 150t |
Currency | Kwanza (AOA) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Drivin side | richt |
Cawin code | +244 |
Internet TLD | .ao |
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