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Republic of Angola [República de Angola] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (Portuguese) |
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Anthem: [Angola Avante!] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (Portuguese) Forward Angola! |
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Capital and largest city | Luanda | |||||
Official languages | Portuguese | |||||
Recognised national languages | ||||||
Ethnic groups (2000) | ||||||
Demonym | Angolan | |||||
Government | Unitary dominant-party presidential republic |
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- | President | José Eduardo dos Santos | ||||
- | Vice President | Manuel Vicente | ||||
Legislature | National Assembly | |||||
Independence | ||||||
- | from Portugal | 11 November 1975 | ||||
Area | ||||||
- | Total | 1,246,700 km2 (23rd) 481,354 sq mi |
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- | Water (%) | negligible | ||||
Population | ||||||
- | 2009 estimate | 18,498,000[1][2] | ||||
- | Density | 14.8/km2 (199th) 38.4/sq mi |
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GDP (PPP) | 2014 estimate | |||||
- | Total | $139.059 billion[3] (64th) | ||||
- | Per capita | $6,484[3] (107th) | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2014 estimate | |||||
- | Total | $129.785 billion[3] (61st) | ||||
- | Per capita | $6,052[3] (91st) | ||||
Gini (2009) | 42.7[4] medium |
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HDI (2013) | 0.508 low · 148th |
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Currency | Kwanza (AOA ) |
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Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) | |||||
- | Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+1) | ||||
Drives on the | right | |||||
Calling code | +244 | |||||
ISO 3166 code | AO | |||||
Internet TLD | .ao |
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (Portuguese: [República de Angola] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help) pronounced: [ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈɡɔlɐ]; Kikongo, Kimbundu, Umbundu: Repubilika ya Ngola), is a country in Southern Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean and Luanda is its capital city. The exclave province of Cabinda has borders with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
References
- ↑ Lua error in ...ribunto/includes/engines/LuaCommon/lualib/mwInit.lua at line 17: bad argument #1 to 'old_pairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Population Forecast to 2060 by International Futures hosted by Google Public Data Explorer
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Angola". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website. The information given there is however, corrected and updated on the basis of the other sources indicated.
External links
- Official website
- Angola entry at The World Factbook
- Angola at DMOZ
- Angola from UCB Libraries GovPubs.
- Angola profile from the BBC News.
- Wikimedia Atlas of Angola
- Key Development Forecasts for Angola from International Futures.
- National Language Mbunda
- The Mbunda Kingdom Research and Advisory Council
- StudentPulse 2010 article on challenges facing Angola
- Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2012 – Angola Country Report
- Markus Weimer, "The Peace Dividend: Analysis of a Decade of Angolan Indicators, 2002–2012".