Essential Information & explanations, latest texts & monographs on Angola.



Angola

The Republic of Angola is a country in southwestern Africa bordering Namibia, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville and Zambia. The capital city is Luanda. A former Portuguese colony, it has considerable natural resources, among which oil and diamonds are the most relevant. República de Angola (In Detail) (Full size) National motto: Virtus Unita Fortior(Latin: Unity provides Strength) Official language Portuguese Capital Luanda President José Eduardo dos Santos Prime Minister Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos Area - Total  - % waterRanked 22th 1,246,700 km² Negligible Population  - Total (July est.)  - DensityRanked 71th 10,766,500 8.6/km² Independence 1976 Currency Kwanza Time zone UTC +1 National anthem Angola Avante Internet TLD .AO Calling Code244 Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Politics 3 Provinces 4 Geography 5 Economy 6 Demographics 7 Culture 8 Miscelleanous topics 9 Reference 10 External links History Main article: History of Angola After a long war with Portuguese colonial forces, Angola became independent in 1975. Shortly after, a civil war broke out between MPLA, UNITA and FNLA. The later would retire from the conflict, leaving the marxist MPLA and the western backed UNITA to fight for power. In 1991, both factions agreed to turn Angola into a multiparty state but after the current president José Eduardo dos Santos of MPLA won UN supervised elections, UNITA claimed there was a fraud and fighting broke out again. A 1994 peace accord (Lusaka protocol) between the government and UNITA provided for the integration of former UNITA insurgents into the government. A national unity government was installed in 1997, but serious fighting resumed in late 1998, rendering hundreds of thousands of people homeless. President José Eduardo dos Santos suspended the regular functioning of democratic instances due to the conflict. On February 22nd 2002, Jonas Savimbi, the leader of UNITA was shot dead and a cease-fire was reached by the two factions. UNITA gave up its armed wing and assumed the role of major opposition party. Although the political situation of the country seems to be normalizing, president dos Santos still hasn't allowed regular democratic processes to occur. Among Angola's major problems are a serious humanitarian crisis (a result of the prolonged war), the abundance of mine fields, and the actions of guerrilla movements fighting for the independence of the northern enclave of Cabinda. Politics Main article: Politics of Angola Provinces Main Article: Provinces of Angola Angola is divided into 18 provinces: Bengo, Benguela, Bié, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, and Zaire. Geography Main article: Geography of Angola Economy Main article: Economy of Angola Demographics Main article: Demographics of Angola Culture Main article: Culture of Angola Miscelleanous topics Reference
  • Much of the material in these articles comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.
External links Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) Angola | Brazil | Cape Verde | East Timor | Guinea-Bissau | Mozambique | Portugal | São Tomé and Príncipe Africa Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Côte d'Ivoire | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Republic of the Congo | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | The Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | São Tomé and Príncipe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe Dependencies Mayotte | Réunion | Saint Helena | Western Sahara
The above article is adapted from from Wikipedia All Wikipedia article text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 Bibliographic Resources
Updates and comments at Essential Facts blog
Are you interested in Feng Shui?
Price Theory Resources
World Class Photographers
Some philosophical movements
Top PDF and eBook Downloads

Interesting Links

Sports
Kitchen Knowledge
Hollywood Icons
Mythology
Philosophy
Retirement
Biology
Biology & Biologists
Cats & Dogs
Ethics
Logic
The Greats
Architectural Dates & Places
Styles ABC
Styles DTOI
Styles JTON
Styles OTOZ
Economics
Game theory
History
Marketing
Medical Update d06 More
Chromosomes and Genomics
Psychology
Enginering Systems 1
Mathematics
Brilliant Mathematicians
Classic Authors
Fear No Exams
Nexus
Characters & countries
Science Plus
Science & Computers
Quantum Theory


Note again ... some material here is adapted from from Wikipedia All Wikipedia article text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

©2004, All applicable rights reserved as appropriate.