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| | Angola
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| Official
Name : | REPUBLICA
DE ANGOLA (Republic of Angola) |
| Land
Area: | 1,246,700
sq kilometres / 481,226 sq miles. |
| Population: | 10,145,000
(est 1999). Density 8.1 persons per square kilometre. |
| Languages: | Portuguese
(official), Umbuntu, Kimbuntu, Lunda, Kikongo, others. |
| Religions: |
Christian 65%, Traditional 35%. |
| Capital: | Luanda.
Population 2,100,000 | | Currency: | New
kwanza, divided into 100 lweis. |
| Political: | Angola
has a Marxist-Leninist government based on the 1975 Constitution when they became
independent from Portugal (later revised) The government has been dominated by
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers' Party (MPLA). President
Jose dos Santos came to power in September 1979. He was re-elected in what many
saw as an evenly contested democratic election. The opposition UNITA, under the
leadership of Jonas Savimbi, did not accept the result and have until recently
continued a guerilla campaign. The death of Savimbi in 2002 and a subsequent cease-fire
may improve the situation although even under the new leadership UNITA have indicated
that they will continue to fight unless the government proposes a truce. Santos
is both Chief of State and head of Government and has pledged to hold national
elections in 2006. | | Geography: | The
Planalto Central (elevation 1100 to 1400m) occupies nearly two thirds of the country,
rising northwards within the central massif of the Bié Plateau to 2620m at
Serro Môco. North and east of the central massif the land slopes gradually
towards the Congo and Zambezi river basins. The southwestern coastal desert strip
extends as far north as Benguela, semidesert conditions continues north to Luanda.
Forest and woodland cover approx 30% of the country, mainly in the northwest.
Cabinda, the northernmost district, is divided from the rest of the country by
the estuary of the River Congo and Congo(Zaire) territory. |
| National
Flag - Ratio 2:3 | Climate
in Luanda - elevation 59m/193ft | Position
in Africa |  |  |  |
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