| Official
Name : |
REPUBLICA DE ANGOLA (Republic of Angola) |
| Total
Area: |
1.25 million
square kilometres / 0.482 million square miles. |
| Population: |
13,338,541 (estimate 2011). |
| Languages: |
Portuguese (official), Umbuntu, Kimbuntu, Lunda, Kikongo, others |
| Religions: |
Christian 65%, Traditional 35%. |
| Capital: |
Luanda. Population 4.5 million (2009) |
| Currency: |
New kwanza, divided into 100 lweis. |
| Independant: |
30
September 1966, from United Kingdom. |
| Geography: |
Angola consists of a sparsely watered and somewhat sterile coastal plain extending inland for a distance varying from 30 to 100 miles (48 to 160 km). Slightly inland and parallel to the coast is a belt of hills and mountains and behind those a large plateau. Angola has four principal natural regions: the arid coastal lowland, (from Namibia to Luanda) green hills and mountains, rising inland from the coast into a great escarpment -a large area of high inland plains of dry savanna, called the high plateau (planalto), which extends eastward and south-east from the escarpment. Rain forest in the north and in Cabinda.The coastal strip is tempered by the cool Benguela Current. |
| Flag: |
The flag of the People's liberation movement is similar to the present flag of Angola but with a cogwheel and machete that were added to the National flag to create a symbol that was reminiscent of the hammer and sickle of the former Soviet Union. To print flag below, right-click and select "open image in new window", then print in landscape mode. |
