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Angola

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, the capital of Angola, is on the Atlantic coast. Its current renaissance is an inspiring success story. Decades of conflict, which only ended in 2002, had long held Angola back.

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is an exclave region of Angola separated from the rest of the country by a strip of land belonging to the . It is not a tourist's paradise.

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is a city in , and capital of the Province. It is one of the largest provincial cities in Angola, comparable in size with and /.

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is a region of Angola that comprises the provinces of Benguela, Kwanza Sul, Huambo, and Bié. Most of the region is occupied by the central highlands, known in Portuguese as the Planalto Central.

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a region of Angola.

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is a region of Angola.

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is a region of Angola.

Angola

Latitude of center
-12.6° or 12° 36′ south
Longitude of center
17.75° or 17° 45′ east
Population
12,500,000
Area
1,246,700 km² (481,354 miles²)
Elevation
1,355 metres (4,446 feet)
Capital
Currency
Kwanza (AOA)
Phone code
.ao
Internet domain
244
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424310875
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
3351879
Wiki­data ID
Q916
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Angola” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Ангола”
  • Afrikaans: “Angola”
  • Akan: “Angola”
  • Albanian: “Angola”
  • Albanian: “Angolë”
  • Amharic: “አንጎላ”
  • Amharic: “አንጐላ”
  • Amis: “Angola”
  • Amis: “Ankora”
  • Angika: “अंगोला”
  • Arabic: “أنجولا”
  • Arabic: “أنغولا”
  • Arabic: “انغولا”
  • Arabic: “جمهورية أنغولا”
  • Aragonese: “Angola”
  • Armenian: “Անգոլա”
  • Arpitan: “Angola”
  • Assamese: “আংগলা”
  • Assamese: “এংগোলা”
  • Asturian: “Angola”
  • Asturian: “Repubilika ya Ngola”
  • Asturian: “República d’Angola”
  • Atayal: “Angola”
  • Aymara: “Angula”
  • Azerbaijani: “Angola”
  • Azerbaijani: “Anqola”
  • Balinese: “Angola”
  • Bambara: “Angola”
  • Banjar: “Angola”
  • Bashkir: “Ангола”
  • Basque: “Angola”
  • Bavarian: “Angola”
  • Belarusian: “Ангола”
  • Belarusian: “Анґола”
  • Bengali: “অ্যাঙ্গোলা”
  • Bengali: “এঙ্গোলা”
  • Bengali: “এ্যাঙ্গোলা”
  • Betawi: “Anggola”
  • Bhojpuri: “अंगोला गणराज्य”
  • Bhojpuri: “अंगोला रिपब्लिक”
  • Bhojpuri: “अंगोला”
  • Bhojpuri: “रिपब्लिक ऑफ अंगोला”
  • Bishnupriya: “এঙ্গোলা”
  • Bislama: “Angola”
  • Bosnian: “Angola”
  • Breton: “Angola”
  • Bulgarian: “Ангола”
  • Burmese: “အင်ဂိုလာ”
  • Burmese: “အင်ဂိုလာနိုင်ငံ”
  • Burmese: “အန်ဂိုလာ”
  • Catalan: “Angola”
  • Cebuano: “Anggola”
  • Cebuano: “Angola”
  • Central Bikol: “Angola”
  • Central Kanuri: “Angola”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەنگۆلا”
  • Chavacano: “Angola”
  • Chechen: “Ангола”
  • Cherokee: “ᎠᏂᎪᎳ”
  • Chinese: “Āngēlā”
  • Chinese: “Angola”
  • Chinese: “安哥拉”
  • Chinese: “安哥拉共和国”
  • Chinese: “安哥拉共和國”
  • Chuvash: “Ангола”
  • Cornish: “Angola”
  • Corsican: “Angola”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Angola”
  • Croatian: “Angola”
  • Czech: “Angola”
  • Czech: “Angolská republika”
  • Dagbani: “Angola”
  • Danish: “Angola”
  • Danish: “República de Angola”
  • Danish: “Republikken Angola”
  • Dhivehi: “އެންގޯލާ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Angola”
  • Dinka: “Aŋola”
  • Dotyali: “एन्गोला”
  • Dutch: “Angola”
  • Dutch: “Republiek Angola”
  • Dzongkha: “ཨང་གྷོ་ལ”
  • Eastern Mari: “Ангола”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “انجولا”
  • Esperanto: “Angolo”
  • Esperanto: “Respubliko Angolo”
  • Estonian: “Angola Vabariik”
  • Estonian: “Angola”
  • Estonian: “Angoola”
  • Ewe: “Angola nutome”
  • Ewe: “Angola”
  • Ewe: “Aŋgola”
  • Ewe: “ao”
  • Ewe: “Ngola”
  • Ewe: “Republic of Angola”
  • Extremaduran: “Angola”
  • Farefare: “Angola”
  • Faroese: “Angola”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Angola”
  • Finnish: “Angola”
  • Finnish: “Angolan tasavalta”
  • French: “Angola”
  • French: “république d’Angola”
  • Fulah: “Anngolaa”
  • Gagauz: “Angola”
  • Galician: “Angola”
  • Ganda: “Angola”
  • Georgian: “ანგოლა”
  • German: “Angola”
  • German: “Ngola”
  • German: “Republik Angola”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Angola”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Ngola”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Republic of Angola”
  • Gilaki: “آنگؤلا”
  • Goan Konkani: “आंगोला”
  • Greek: “Αγκόλα”
  • Greek: “Ανγκόλα”
  • Greek: “Δημοκρατία της Ανγκόλας”
  • Guarani: “Angola”
  • Guarani: “Angóla”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Angola”
  • Gujarati: “અંગોલા”
  • Gujarati: “એંગોલા”
  • Gun: “Angola”
  • Haitian: “Angola”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Angola”
  • Hausa: “Angola”
  • Hawaiian: “‘Anakola”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻAnakola”
  • Hebrew: “אנגולה”
  • Hindi: “अंगोला”
  • Hungarian: “Angola”
  • Hungarian: “Angóla”
  • Hungarian: “Angolai Köztársaság”
  • Icelandic: “Angóla”
  • Ido: “Angola”
  • Igbo: “Angola”
  • Iloko: “Angola”
  • Inari Sami: “Angola täsiväldi”
  • Inari Sami: “Angola”
  • Indonesian: “Angola”
  • Interlingua: “Angola”
  • Interlingue: “Angola”
  • Inupiaq: “Aŋkuulaq”
  • Irish: “Angóla”
  • Italian: “Angola”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Angguola”
  • Japanese: “アンゴラ”
  • Japanese: “アンゴラ共和国”
  • Japanese: “諳喀剌”
  • Javanese: “Angola”
  • Kabiyè: “Aŋgoola”
  • Kabuverdianu: “Angola”
  • Kabyle: “Angola”
  • Kalaallisut: “Angola”
  • Kalmyk: “Анһлмудин Орн”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಗೋಲ”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಗೋಲಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Angola”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Ангола”
  • Kashmiri: “انگولا”
  • Kashubian: “Angòlô”
  • Kazakh: “Ангола”
  • Khmer: “អង់កូឡា”
  • Khmer: “អង់ហ្គោឡា”
  • Khmer: “អាង់កូឡា”
  • Khowar: “انگولا”
  • Kikuyu: “Angola”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Angola”
  • Kirghiz: “Ангола”
  • Kölsch: “Angola”
  • Kongo: “Angola”
  • Kongo: “Ngola”
  • Korean: “앙골라”
  • Kotava: “Angola”
  • Kurdish: “Angola”
  • Kurdish: “ئەنگۆلا”
  • Ladin: “Angola”
  • Ladino: “Angola”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດອັງໂກລາ”
  • Lao: “ອັນໂກລາ”
  • Lao: “ແອງໂກລາ”
  • Latgalian: “Angola”
  • Latin: “Angolia”
  • Latvian: “Angola”
  • Ligurian: “Angòla”
  • Limburgan: “Angola”
  • Lingala: “Angola”
  • Lingala: “Angóla”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Angola”
  • Literary Chinese: “安哥拉”
  • Lithuanian: “Angola”
  • Livvi: “Angola”
  • Lojban: “angol”
  • Lombard: “Angola”
  • Low German: “Angola”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Angola”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Angola”
  • Lule Sami: “Angåvllå”
  • Luxembourgish: “Angola”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Angola”
  • Macedonian: “Ангола”
  • Malagasy: “Angola”
  • Malagasy: “Angôla”
  • Malay: “Angola”
  • Malayalam: “അംഗോള”
  • Maltese: “Angola”
  • Maltese: “l-Angola”
  • Maltese: “Repubblika tal-Angola”
  • Manipuri: “ꯑꯦꯟꯒꯣꯂꯥ”
  • Manx: “Angola”
  • Manx: “Angoley”
  • Manx: “ao”
  • Manx: “Ngola”
  • Manx: “Pobblaght Angoley”
  • Maori: “Anakora”
  • Marathi: “अँगोला”
  • Marathi: “अंगोला”
  • Mazanderani: “آنگولا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Angola”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “An-gò-là”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Angola”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Eⁿ-go·-lē”
  • Minangkabau: “Angola”
  • Mingrelian: “ანგოლა”
  • Mirandese: “Angola”
  • Moksha: “Ангола”
  • Mongolian: “Ангол”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “أنڭولا”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “أنݣولا”
  • N'Ko: “ߊ߲ߜ߭ߏߟߊ߫”
  • Nauru: “Angora”
  • Nepali: “अङ्गोला”
  • Nepali: “एङ्गोला”
  • Newari: “एङ्गोला”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Angola”
  • North Ndebele: “Angola”
  • Northern Frisian: “Angoola”
  • Northern Luri: “آنگولا”
  • Northern Sami: “Angola dásseváldi”
  • Northern Sami: “Angola”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Angola”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Republikken Angola”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Angola”
  • Norwegian: “Angola”
  • Novial: “Angola”
  • Nyanja: “Angola”
  • Obolo: “Angola”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Angòla”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Angola”
  • Oriya: “ଆଙ୍ଗୋଲା”
  • Oromo: “Angoolaa”
  • Ossetian: “Анголæ”
  • Pali: “अंगोला”
  • Pampanga: “Anggola”
  • Pampanga: “Angola”
  • Panjabi: “ਅੰਗੋਲਾ ਗਣਤੰਤਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅੰਗੋਲਾ”
  • Papiamento: “Angola”
  • Pedi: “Angola”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Angola”
  • Persian: “آنگولا”
  • Piemontese: “Angòla”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Angola”
  • Polish: “Angola”
  • Portuguese: “Angola”
  • Portuguese: “República de Angola”
  • Pushto: “آنګولا”
  • Pushto: “آنگولا”
  • Pushto: “انګولا”
  • Quechua: “Angola”
  • Quechua: “Angula”
  • Quechua: “Anqula”
  • Romanian: “Angola”
  • Romansh: “Angola”
  • Rundi: “Angola”
  • Russia Buriat: “Ангола”
  • Russian: “Ангола”
  • Russian: “Республика Ангола”
  • Rusyn: “Анґола”
  • Sakizaya: “Angola”
  • Samoan: “Angola”
  • Samogitian: “Anguola”
  • Sango: “Angoläa”
  • Sanskrit: “अङ्गोला”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱝᱜᱳᱞᱟ”
  • Sardinian: “Angola”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Angola”
  • Scots: “Angola”
  • Scots: “Angolae”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Angola”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Angòla”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Poblachd Angòla”
  • Serbian: “Angola”
  • Serbian: “Ангола”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Angola”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းဢႅၼ်ႇၵူဝ်ႇလႃႇ”
  • Shona: “Angola”
  • Sicilian: “Angola”
  • Silesian: “Angola”
  • Sindhi: “انگولا”
  • Sinhala: “ඇන්ගෝලා”
  • Sinhala: “ඇන්ගෝලාව”
  • Skolt Sami: “Angola tääʹssväʹldd”
  • Skolt Sami: “Angola”
  • Slovak: “Angola”
  • Slovak: “Angolská republika”
  • Slovenian: “Angola”
  • Somali: “Angola”
  • Somali: “Angoola”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آنقولا”
  • South Ndebele: “Angola”
  • Southern Sotho: “Angola”
  • Spanish: “Angola”
  • Spanish: “Republica de Angola”
  • Spanish: “República de Angola”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⵏⴳⵓⵍⴰ”
  • Sundanese: “Angola”
  • Swahili: “Angola”
  • Swati: “Angola”
  • Swati: “I-Angola”
  • Swedish: “Angola”
  • Swedish: “Ngola”
  • Swedish: “Republiken Angola”
  • Swiss German: “Angola”
  • Tachelhit: “Angula”
  • Tagalog: “Anggola”
  • Tagalog: “Angola”
  • Tajik: “Ангола”
  • Talysh: “Angola”
  • Talysh: “Angolə”
  • Tamil: “அங்கோலா”
  • Taroko: “Angola”
  • Tatar: “Ангола”
  • Telugu: “అంగోలా”
  • Tetum: “Angola”
  • Thai: “ประเทศแองโกลา”
  • Thai: “สาธารณรัฐแองโกลา”
  • Thai: “อังโกลา”
  • Thai: “แองโกลา”
  • Tibetan: “ཨང་གོ་ལ།”
  • Tibetan: “ཨང་གཽ་ལ།”
  • Tigrinya: “አንጐላ”
  • Tigrinya: “ኣንጎላ”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻAngikola”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻEnikola”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Angola”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Angola”
  • Tsonga: “Angola”
  • Tumbuka: “Angola”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “أنڨولا”
  • Turkish: “Angola”
  • Turkmen: “Angola”
  • Twi: “Angola”
  • Tyap: “Anggola”
  • Tyap: “Ri̱pobi̱lik Anggola”
  • Udmurt: “Ангола”
  • Uighur: “ئانگولا”
  • Ukrainian: “Ангола”
  • Ukrainian: “Анґола”
  • Ukrainian: “Республіка Ангола”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Angola”
  • Urdu: “انگولا”
  • Uzbek: “Angola”
  • Venetian: “Angoła”
  • Veps: “Angol”
  • Vietnamese: “Ăng-gô-la (Angola)”
  • Vietnamese: “Ăng-gô-la”
  • Vietnamese: “Angola”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hòa Angola”
  • Vlaams: “Angola”
  • Vlax Romani: “Angola”
  • Volapük: “Langolän”
  • Võro: “Angola”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Angola”
  • Welsh: “Angola”
  • Western Armenian: “Անկոլա”
  • Western Balochi: “انگولا”
  • Western Frisian: “Angoala”
  • Western Frisian: “Angola”
  • Western Mari: “Ангола”
  • Western Panjabi: “انگولا”
  • Wolof: “Angolaa”
  • Wolof: “Àngolaa”
  • Wu Chinese: “安哥拉”
  • Xhosa: “I-Angola”
  • Yakut: “Ангола”
  • Yiddish: “אנגאלא”
  • Yiddish: “אַנגאלע”
  • Yoruba: “Ààngólà”
  • Yoruba: “Angola”
  • Yoruba: “Àngólà”
  • Yoruba: “Orílẹ́ède Ààngólà”
  • Yue Chinese: “安哥拉”
  • Zeeuws: “Anhola”
  • Zhuang: “Angola”
  • Zulu: “i-Angola”
  • Zulu: “I-Angola”
  • “AGO”
  • “ANG”
  • “Angola”
  • “Anguola”
  • “AO”
  • “ma Ankola”
  • “अंगोला”

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