Angola

**Angola**, officially the **Republic of Angola**, is a country in southern Africa. It shares borders with Namibia in the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the north, and Zambia in the east. Its west border touches the Atlantic Ocean. Its coastline is 1600 kilometers. Angola's capital is Luanda. The country has many natural resources. Angola is the seventh largest country in Africa. The capital and most populated city of Angola is Luanda.

Angola is a member state of the African Union, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, the Latin Union, South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone and the Southern African Development Community.

## History

Portugal built up its power in Angola from the late 15th to the middle 20th century. After independence there was a civil war from 1975 to 2002. Cuba and the Soviet Bloc supported the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). South Africa supported the insurgent National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) until the end of apartheid. The war ended after the rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was killed.

## Geography

Angola is the world's twenty-third largest country. Angola is bordered by Namibia to the south, Zambia to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north-east, the Republic of the Congo via the exclave of Cabinda, and the South Atlantic Ocean in the west.

## Climate

Angola's average temperature on the coast is  in the winter and  in the summer. It has two seasons; dry (May to October) and hot rainy (November to April).

## Demographics

Angola had a population of 25,789,024 in 2014.

## Provinces

Angola is divided into eighteen provinces.

|Map key|Province|Capital||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|{| class="wikitable sortable"||||
|1|Bengo|Caxito||
|2|Benguela|Benguela||
|3|Bié|Kuito||
|4|Cabinda|Cabinda||
|5|Cuando Cubango|Menongue||
|6|Cuanza Norte|N'dalatando||
|7|Cuanza Sul|Sumbe||
|8|Cunene|Ondjiva||
|9|Huambo|Huambo||
|10|Huíla|Lubango||
|11|Luanda|Luanda||
|12|Lunda Norte|Lucapa||
|13|Lunda Sul|Saurimo||
|14|Malanje|Malanje||
|15|Moxico|Luena||
|16|Namibe|Namibe||
|17|Uíge|Uíge||
|18|Zaire|M'banza-Kongo|}|
See List of settlements in Angola for the cities and towns in the country.

## Related pages

- Angola at the Olympics
- Angola national football team
- List of rivers of Angola

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: Republic of Angola
- **common name**: Angola
- **image flag**: Flag of Angola.svg
- **image coat**: Emblem of the People's Republic of Angola (1975-1992).png
- **symbol type**: Emblem
- **national anthem**: "Angola Avante"
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- **capital**: Luanda
- **religion year**: 2015
- **largest city**: capital
- **official languages**: Portuguese language, Portuguese
- **languages2 type**: National languages
- **ethnic groups**: 37% Ovimbundu
25% Ambundu
13% Kongo people, Bakongo
21% Other African
2% Mestiço (mixed European and African)
1% Overseas Chinese, Chinese
1% White Africans of European ancestry, European
- **ethnic groups year**: 2000
- **government type**: Unitary state, Unitary Dominant-party system, dominant-party Presidential system, presidential Republic, constitutional republic under an authoritarian dictatorship
- **leader title1**: President of Angola, President
- **leader name1**: João Lourenço
- **leader title2**: Vice President of Angola, Vice President
- **leader name2**: Bornito de Sousa
- **legislature**: National Assembly (Angola), National Assembly
- **sovereignty type**: History of Angola, Formation
- **established event1**: Angolan War of Independence, Independence from Portugal, under People's Republic of Angola, Communist rule
- **established date1**: 11 November 1975
- **established event2**: United Nations United Nations Security Council Resolution 397, full membership
- **established date2**: 22 November 1976
- **established event3**: Constitution of Angola, Current constitution
- **established date3**: 21 January 2010
- **area km2**: 1246700
- **area rank**: 22nd
- **area sq mi**: 481354
- **percent water**: negligible
- **population estimate**: 31,127,674
- **population census**: 25,789,024
- **population estimate year**: 2020
- **population estimate rank**: 46th
- **population census year**: 2014
- **population density km2**: 24.97
- **population density sq mi**: 64.65
- **population density rank**: 157th
- **gdp ppp**: $208.034 billion
- **gdp ppp year**: 2019
- **gdp ppp rank**: 64th
- **gdp ppp per capita**: $6,850
- **gdp ppp per capita rank**: 107th
- **gdp nominal**: $124.600 billion
- **gdp nominal year**: 2019
- **gdp nominal rank**: 61st
- **gdp nominal per capita**: $4,101
- **gdp nominal per capita rank**: 91st
- **gini**: 51.3
- **gini year**: 2018
- **hdi**: 0.581
- **hdi year**: 2019
- **hdi change**: increase
- **hdi rank**: 148th
- **currency**: Angolan kwanza, Kwanza
- **currency code**: AOA
- **time zone**: West Africa Time, WAT
- **utc offset**: +1
- **drives on**: Right
- **calling code**: Telephone numbers in Angola, +244
- **cctld**: .ao