Angola

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. References