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'''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 resource|natural resources]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Angola|url=https://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/32/Angola-HISTORY-BACKGROUND.html|access-date=3 March 2021|website=StateUniversity.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Angola - The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/angola/#government|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.cia.gov}}</ref> Angola is the seventh largest country in Africa. The capital and most populated city of Angola is [[Luanda]].
{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Republic of Angola
| common_name            = Angola
| native_name            = {{native name|pt|República de Angola|fontsize=68%}}
| image_flag             = Flag of Angola.svg<!-- DO NOT ADD the proposed flag; you WILL be reverted and warned! -->
| image_coat             = Emblem of the People's Republic of Angola (1975-1992).png
| symbol_type            = Emblem
| national_motto         = {{vunblist|{{native phrase|la|Virtus Unita Fortior|italics=on|nolink=on}}|{{small|({{lang-en|"Virtue is stronger when united"}})}}}}
| national_anthem        = "[[Angola Avante]]"<br/>({{Lang-en|"Onwards Angola"}})<br />
| image_map              = {{Switcher|[[File:Angola (orthographic projection).svg|frameless]]|Show globe|[[File:Location Angola AU Africa.svg|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Show map of Africa|default=1}}
| map_caption            = 
| capital                = [[Luanda]]
| religion               = {{ublist |item_style=white-space:nowrap;
  |93.4% [[Christianity]]
  |—56.4% [[Catholic Church in Angola|Roman Catholic]]
  |—23.4% [[Protestant]]
  |—13.6% Other [[List of Christian denominations|Christian]]
  |4.5% [[African Traditional Religion|Traditional faiths]]
  |1.1% Others
  |1.0% [[Irreligion|No religion]]
  }}
| religion_year          = 2015
| religion_ref           = <ref>{{cite web|date=2015|title=Angola|access-date=18 May 2020|publisher=[[Association of Religion Data Archives]]|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_7_1.asp|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030191322/https://thearda.com/internationalData/Countries/Country_7_1.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| coordinates            = {{Coord|8|50|S|13|20|E|type:city}}
| largest_city           = capital
| official_languages     = [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
| languages2_type        = National languages
| languages2             = {{unbulleted list
 | [[Chokwe language|Chokwe]]
 | [[Kongo language|Kikongo]]
 | [[Kimbundu]]
 | [[Umbundu]]
}}
| ethnic_groups          = 37% [[Ovimbundu]]<br/>25% [[Ambundu]]<br/>13% [[Kongo people|Bakongo]]<br/>21% Other African<br/>2% [[Mestiço]] (mixed European and African)<br/>1% [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]]<br/>1% [[White Africans of European ancestry|European]]
| ethnic_groups_year     = 2000
| demonym                = {{unbulleted list
  |[[Demographics of Angola|Angolan]]}}
| government_type        = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Dominant-party system|dominant-party]] [[Presidential system|presidential]] [[Republic|constitutional republic]]
| leader_title1          = [[President of Angola|President]]
| leader_name1           = [[João Lourenço]]
| leader_title2          = [[Vice President of Angola|Vice President]]
| leader_name2           = [[Bornito de Sousa]]
| legislature            = [[National Assembly (Angola)|National Assembly]]
| sovereignty_type       = [[History of Angola|Formation]]
| established_event1     = [[Angolan War of Independence|Independence]] from [[Portugal]], under [[People's Republic of Angola|Communist rule]]
| established_date1      = 11 November 1975
| established_event2     = [[United Nations]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 397|full membership]]
| established_date2      = 22 November 1976
| established_event3     = [[Constitution of Angola|Current constitution]]
| established_date3      = 21 January 2010
| area_km2               = 1246700
| area_rank              = 22nd
| area_sq_mi             = 481354
| percent_water          = negligible
| population_estimate    = 31,127,674<ref>"Início". www.ine.gov.ao. Archived from the original on 2020-03-19. Retrieved 2020-04-18.</ref>
| population_census      = 25,789,024<ref name="INE Angola">{{Citation |title=Resultados Definitivos do Recenseamento Geral da População e da Habitação de Angola 2014 |date=March 2016 |url=http://aiangola.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Publica%C3%A7%C3%A3o-Resultados-Definitivos-Censo-Geral-2014_Vers%C3%A3o-22032016_DEFINITIVA-18H17.pdf |trans-title=Final Results of the General Census of Population and Housing of Angola 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506013702/http://aiangola.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Publica%C3%A7%C3%A3o-Resultados-Definitivos-Censo-Geral-2014_Vers%C3%A3o-22032016_DEFINITIVA-18H17.pdf |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estatística |language=pt |archive-date=6 May 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| population_estimate_year = 2020
| population_estimate_rank = 46th
| population_census_year = 2014
| population_density_km2 = 24.97
| population_density_sq_mi = 64.65
| population_density_rank = 157th
| GDP_PPP                = $208.034&nbsp;billion<ref name=imf2>{{cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=90&pr.y=17&sy=2018&ey=2023&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=512%2C946%2C914%2C137%2C612%2C546%2C614%2C962%2C311%2C674%2C213%2C676%2C911%2C548%2C193%2C556%2C122%2C678%2C912%2C181%2C313%2C867%2C419%2C682%2C513%2C684%2C316%2C273%2C913%2C868%2C124%2C921%2C339%2C948%2C638%2C943%2C514%2C686%2C218%2C688%2C963%2C518%2C616%2C728%2C223%2C836%2C516%2C558%2C918%2C138%2C748%2C196%2C618%2C278%2C624%2C692%2C522%2C694%2C622%2C142%2C156%2C449%2C626%2C564%2C628%2C565%2C228%2C283%2C924%2C853%2C233%2C288%2C632%2C293%2C636%2C566%2C634%2C964%2C238%2C182%2C662%2C359%2C960%2C453%2C423%2C968%2C935%2C922%2C128%2C714%2C611%2C862%2C321%2C135%2C243%2C716%2C248%2C456%2C469%2C722%2C253%2C942%2C642%2C718%2C643%2C724%2C939%2C576%2C644%2C936%2C819%2C961%2C172%2C813%2C132%2C726%2C646%2C199%2C648%2C733%2C915%2C184%2C134%2C524%2C652%2C361%2C174%2C362%2C328%2C364%2C258%2C732%2C656%2C366%2C654%2C734%2C336%2C144%2C263%2C146%2C268%2C463%2C532%2C528%2C944%2C923%2C176%2C738%2C534%2C578%2C536%2C537%2C429%2C742%2C433%2C866%2C178%2C369%2C436%2C744%2C136%2C186%2C343%2C925%2C158%2C869%2C439%2C746%2C916%2C926%2C664%2C466%2C826%2C112%2C542%2C111%2C967%2C298%2C443%2C927%2C917%2C846%2C544%2C299%2C941%2C582%2C446%2C474%2C666%2C754%2C668%2C698%2C672&s=PPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a=|title=Report for Selected Countries and Subjects: Angola|publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]]}}</ref>
| GDP_PPP_year           = 2019
| GDP_PPP_rank           = 64th
| GDP_PPP_per_capita     = $6,850<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 107th
| GDP_nominal            = $124.600 billion<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_nominal_year       = 2019
| GDP_nominal_rank       = 61st
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = $4,101<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 91st
| Gini                   = 51.3
| Gini_year              = 2018
| Gini_ref               = <ref name="wb-gini">{{cite web |title=GINI index (World Bank estimate) - Angola |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI?locations=AO |website=data.worldbank.org |publisher=World Bank |access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref>
| HDI                    = 0.581<!-- number only -->
| HDI_year               = 2019<!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year -->
| HDI_change             = increase<!-- increase/decrease/steady -->
| HDI_ref                = <ref name="UNHDR">{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2020.pdf|title=Human Development Report 2020|language=en|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|date=December 15, 2020|access-date=December 15, 2020}}</ref>
| HDI_rank               = 148th
| currency               = [[Angolan kwanza|Kwanza]]
| currency_code          = AOA
| time_zone              = [[West Africa Time|WAT]]
| utc_offset             = +1
| utc_offset_DST         = 
| time_zone_DST          = 
| drives_on              = Right
| calling_code           = [[Telephone numbers in Angola|+244]]
| cctld                  = [[.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]].

== History ==
Portugal built up its power in Angola from the late 15th to the middle 20th century.

After independence there was a [[Angolan Civil War|civil war]] from 1975 to 2002. Cuba and the [[Soviet Bloc]] supported the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). South Africa supported the insurgent [[National Union for the Total Independence of Angola]] (UNITA) until the end of [[apartheid]]. The war ended after the rebel leader [[Jonas Savimbi]] was killed.

==Geography==
Angola is the world's twenty-third largest country. Angola is bordered by [[Namibia]] to the south, [[Zambia]] to the east, the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] to the north-east, the [[Republic of the Congo]] via the exclave of [[Cabinda Province|Cabinda]], and the South [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the west.

==Climate==
Angola's average temperature on the coast is {{convert|16|C|F}} in the winter and {{convert|21|C|F}} in the summer. It has two seasons; dry (May to October) and hot rainy (November to April).

==Demographics==
[[File:Angola Map.jpg|thumb|250px|left|{{center|1=Map of Angola}}]]
Angola had a population of 25,789,024 in 2014.<ref name =Censo2014>{{cite web |url=https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Populacao_Sociedade/Estudos_tematicos/PUBLICACAO_RESULTADOS_DEFINITIVOS_DO_CENSO_2014.pdf |title=Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação - 2014 |accessdate=3 May 2020 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola |df=dmy |archive-date=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214215245/https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Populacao_Sociedade/Estudos_tematicos/PUBLICACAO_RESULTADOS_DEFINITIVOS_DO_CENSO_2014.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Provinces==
<gallery>
File:Angola Provinces numbered 300px.png|Map of Angola with provinces numbered.
</gallery>
Angola is divided into eighteen [[provinces]].

{| style="width:50%; background:transparent; algin=left"
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 
|-bgcolor=#ACE1AF
!Map key
!Province
!Capital
|-
|1
|[[Bengo Province|Bengo]]
|[[Caxito]]
|-
|2
|[[Benguela Province|Benguela]]
|[[Benguela]]
|-
|3
|[[Bié Province|Bié]]
|[[Kuito]]
|-
|4
|[[Cabinda Province|Cabinda]]
|[[Cabinda (city)|Cabinda]]
|-
|5
|[[Cuando Cubango Province|Cuando Cubango]]
|[[Menongue]]
|-
|6
|[[Cuanza Norte Province|Cuanza Norte]]
|[[N'dalatando]]
|-
|7
|[[Cuanza Sul Province|Cuanza Sul]]
|[[Sumbe]]
|-
|8
|[[Cunene Province|Cunene]]
|[[Ondjiva]]
|-
|9
|[[Huambo Province|Huambo]]
|[[Huambo]]
|-
|10
|[[Huíla Province|Huíla]]
|[[Lubango]]
|-
|11
|[[Luanda Province|Luanda]]
|[[Luanda]]
|-
|12
|[[Lunda Norte Province|Lunda Norte]] 
|[[Lucapa]]
|-
|13
|[[Lunda Sul Province|Lunda Sul]]
|[[Saurimo]]
|-
|14
|[[Malanje Province|Malanje]]
|[[Malanje]]
|-
|15
|[[Moxico Province|Moxico]]
|[[Luena, Moxico Province|Luena]]
|-
|16
|[[Namibe Province|Namibe]]
|[[Namibe]]
|-
|17
|[[Uíge Province|Uíge]]
|[[Uíge]]
|-
|18
|[[Zaire Province|Zaire]]
|[[M'banza-Kongo]]
|}
|}
See [[List of settlements in Angola]] for the cities and towns in the country.

==Related pages==
*[[Angola at the Olympics]]
*[[Angola national football team]]
*[[List of rivers of Angola]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Other websites==
* {{commonscat-inline}}
* {{wikivoyage-inline}}

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