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Anthem | "Angola Avante" | ||||
Capital (and largest city) |
Luanda | ||||
Language official |
Portuguese | ||||
others | Kikongo, Chokwe, Umbundu, Kimbundu, Nganguela and Kwanyama | ||||
Religion | Secular state (de facto) Roman Catholic Church (predominant) | ||||
Ethnic Group | 36% Ovimbundu 25% Ambundu 13% Bakongo 22% other African 2% Mestiço 1% Chinese 1% European | ||||
Demonym | Angolan | ||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||
Monarch | Edward III | ||||
Royal house: | Bragança | ||||
Prime Minister | José Eduardo dos Santos | ||||
Area | 1,246,700 km² | ||||
Population | 24,383,301 | ||||
Currency | Angolan kwanza (Kz) | ||||
Internet TLD | .ao | ||||
Organizations | UN, OPEC, African Union, SADC and CPLC |
Angola, officially the Commonwealth of Angola (Portuguese: Comunidade de Angola), is a country in Southern Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa, and is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north and east, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to west. The exclave province of Cabinda has borders with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and largest city of Angola is Luanda.
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