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Angola

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Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the western coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country after Brazil in both total area and population and is the seventh-largest country in Africa. It is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The Angolan province of Cabinda is an exclave on the Atlantic coast, bordering the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and most populous city is Luanda.

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People are called
Angolan
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+244
Capital
Luanda
Population
36,749,906
Area
1,246,700 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Kwanza
Languages
Portuguese 71.2%, Umbundu 23%, Kikongo 8.2%
Sells
crude petroleum, diamonds, natural gas, ships
Sells to
China 40%, India 9%, UAE 6%
Land borders
4: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Zambia
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+244
Founded
1975
Hemisphere
Southern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Angolan

These are English demonyms for people from Angola. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

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BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Portugueseofficial
71.2%
23.0%
8.2%
7.8%
6.5%

Largest cities

Luanda  capital 2,776,168
Lubango 600,000
Huambo 595,000
Benguela 555,000

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Presidential republic.

Climate and geography

semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)

Climate zone

Highest point

Landmarks and landscapes

Southern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Agostinho Neto
Agostinho Neto First president and independence leader António Agostinho Neto Kilamba was an Angolan communist revolutionary, politician and poet.
Jonas Savimbi
Jonas Savimbi UNITA rebel leader in the civil war Jonas Malheiro Sidónio Sakaita Savimbi was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, also known as UNITA.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: cities, climate zone, currencies, founded.