Angolae
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| Naitional motto: nane | |||||
 Location o Angolae |
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| Offeecial leid | Portuguese | ||||
| Caipital | Luanda | ||||
| Lairgest ceety | Luanda | ||||
| Govrenment Heid o State - |
Presidential republic Preses José Eduardo dos Santos |
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| Area | 1,246,700 km² 481,354 sq mi |
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| Population | 18,498,000 | ||||
| Foondin | Frae Portugal Declaired 11 November 1975 |
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| Siller | Kwanza | ||||
| Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) | ||||
| Naitional anthem | Angola Avante! (Portuguese) Forward Angolae! |
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| Patron saunt | |||||
| Internet TLD | .ao | ||||
| Cawin code | +244 | ||||
Angolae, offeecially the Republic o Angolae (Portuguese: República de Angola, pronounced: [ʁɛˈpublika de ɐ̃ˈɡɔla]; Kongo: Repubilika ya Ngola), is a kintra in sooth-central Africae bordered bi Namibie on the sooth, Democratic Republic o the Congo on the north, an Zambie on the east; its wast coast is on the Atlantic Ocean wi Luanda as its caipital ceety. The exclave province o Cabinda haes a border wi the Republic o the Congo an the Democratic Republic o the Congo. Angola wis a Portuguese owerseas territory frae the 16t century tae 1975. Efter independence, Angola wis the scene o an intense ceevil war frae 1975 tae 2002. The kintra is the seicont-lairgest petroleum an diamond producer in sub-Saharan Africae; housomeivver, its life expectancy an infant mortality rates are baith amang the wirst ranked in the warld.[1] In August 2006, a peace treaty wis signed wi a faction o the FLEC, a separatist guerrilla group frae the Cabinda exclave in the North, which is still active.[2] Aboot 65% o Angola's petroleum comes frae that region.
References [edit]
- ↑ (Inglis) Life expectancy at birth, www.cia.gov (2009)
- ↑ (Portuguese) Angola mantém presença militar reforçada em Cabinda, UOL.com.br (4 June 2008)
