Angola the republic

Angola: The Facts

• Angola is a country in south west Africa


• Borders the countries of Namibia, Zambia, and Congo. Angola also borders the Atlantic Ocean off the west coat and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean.


• Angola has plenty of natural resources; the most common being oil and diamonds.


• Capital city is Luanda, which is also the largest city


• Official language is Portuguese


• Total area - 1,246,700 km²


• Population - 10,978,552 (ranked 71 in the world for size)


• Angola is a former portuguese colony


• Angola is divided into 18 provinces: 1 Bengo, Benguela, Bia, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire


• Angola has three main ethnic groups, each speaking a Bantu language: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, and Bakongo 13%.


• The great majority of the inhabitants are of Bantu stock with some admixture in the Congo district.


• In the coast towns the majority of the white inhabitants are Portuguese.


• The Mushi-Kongo and other divisions of the Ba-Kongo retain curious traces of the Christianity professed by them in the 16th and 17th centuries and possibly later.