Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country in southern Africa. It shares borders with Namibia in the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the north, and Zambia in the east. Its west border touches the Atlantic Ocean. Its coastline is 1600 kilometers. Angola's capital is Luanda. The country has many natural resources.^[1][2] Angola is the seventh largest country in Africa. The capital and most populated city of Angola is Luanda.

Republic of Angola República de Angola  (Portuguese)
Flag Emblem
Motto:  Virtus Unita Fortior  (Latin) (English: "Virtue is stronger when united")
Anthem: "Angola Avante" (English: "Onwards Angola")
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Capital and largest city	Luanda 8°50′S 13°20′E / 8.833°S 13.333°E / -8.833; 13.333
Official languages	Portuguese
National languages	Chokwe Kikongo Kimbundu Umbundu
Ethnic groups (2000)	37% Ovimbundu 25% Ambundu 13% Bakongo 21% Other African 2% Mestiço (mixed European and African) 1% Chinese 1% European
Religion (2015)[3]	93.4% Christianity —56.4% Roman Catholic —23.4% Protestant —13.6% Other Christian 4.5% Traditional faiths 1.1% Others 1.0% No religion
Demonym(s)	Angolan
Government	Unitary dominant-party presidential constitutional republic
• President	João Lourenço
• Vice President	Bornito de Sousa
Legislature	National Assembly
Formation
• Independence from Portugal, under Communist rule	11 November 1975
• United Nations full membership	22 November 1976
• Current constitution	21 January 2010
Area
• Total	1,246,700 km2 (481,400 sq mi) (22nd)
• Water (%)	negligible
Population
• 2020 estimate	31,127,674[4] (46th)
• 2014 census	25,789,024[5]
• Density	24.97/km2 (64.7/sq mi) (157th)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$208.034 billion[6] (64th)
• Per capita	$6,850[6] (107th)
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$124.600 billion[6] (61st)
• Per capita	$4,101[6] (91st)
Gini (2018)	51.3[7] high
HDI (2019)	0.581[8] medium · 148th
Currency	Kwanza (AOA)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+244
ISO 3166 code	AO
Internet TLD	.ao

Angola is a member state of the African Union, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, the Latin Union, South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone and the Southern African Development Community.

1. ↑ "Angola". StateUniversity.com. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
2. ↑ "Angola - The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
3. ↑ "Angola". Association of Religion Data Archives. 2015. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
4. ↑ "Início". www.ine.gov.ao. Archived from the original on 2020-03-19. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
5. ↑ Resultados Definitivos do Recenseamento Geral da População e da Habitação de Angola 2014 [Final Results of the General Census of Population and Housing of Angola 2014] (PDF) (in Portuguese), Instituto Nacional de Estatística, March 2016, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2016
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects: Angola". International Monetary Fund.
7. ↑ "GINI index (World Bank estimate) - Angola". data.worldbank.org. World Bank. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
8. ↑ "Human Development Report 2020" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.