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Info about Angola
Angola, more than three times the size of California, extends for more than 1,000 mi (1,609 km) along the South Atlantic in southwest Africa. The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo are to the north and east, Zambia is to the east, and Namibia is to the south. A plateau averaging 6,000 ft (1,829 m) above sea level rises abruptly from the coastal lowlands. Nearly all the land is desert or savanna, with hardwood forests in the northeast.
Capital
Luanda
- 2 623 000 people
all city from Angola
Country lead by
President: José Eduardo dos Santos (1979)
Population
12,127,071 (growth rate: 2.4%); birth rate: 45.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 185.4/1000; life expectancy: 38.6; density per sq mi: 25
Land Area
481,350 sq mi (1,246,699 sq km)
Monetary unit
New Kwanza
Language
Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
Ethnicity
Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and Native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%
Religion
Indigenous 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)
Transportation
Railways: total: 2,761 km (2004). Highways: total: 51,429 km; paved: 5,349 km; unpaved: 46,080 km (2001). Waterways: 1,300 km (2005). Ports and harbors: Cabinda, Luanda, Soyo. Airports: 243 (2005).
Internet tld
.ao
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