Portuguese-speaking African countries

The Portuguese-speaking African countries, also known as Lusophone Africa, consist of six African countries in which the Portuguese language is an official language: , , , , and, since 2011, .
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: six African countries where Portuguese is an official language: Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and Equatorial Guinea
  • Also known as: “Largo dos PALOP”, “Lusophone Africa”, and “PALOP”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lubango.

Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.
, formerly known as Sá da Bandeira, is a municipality in , capital of the , with a population of 890,384 in 2024. The city center had a population of 600,751 in 2014 making it the second-most populous city in after the capital city .

Portuguese-speaking African countries

Latitude
-14.90298° or 14° 54′ 11″ south
Longitude
13.51352° or 13° 30′ 49″ east
Open location code
5FQM3GW7+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 829094141
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q1360686
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Portuguese-speaking African countries” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دول أفريقية ناطقة بالبرتغالية”
  • Arabic: “دول إفريقية ناطقة بالبرتغالية”
  • Asturian: “PALOP”
  • Belarusian: “партугальскамоўныя краіны Афрыкі”
  • Catalan: “Països Africans de Llengua Oficial Portuguesa”
  • Chinese: “葡萄牙語非洲國家”
  • Chinese: “非洲葡萄牙語諸國”
  • Croatian: “PALOP”
  • Czech: “PALOP”
  • Esperanto: “Portugalparolantaj afrikaj landoj”
  • Finnish: “portugalinkielinen Afrikka”
  • French: “Afrique lusophone”
  • French: “PALOP”
  • French: “Pays africains de langue officielle portugaise”
  • Galician: “PALOP”
  • German: “afrikanische Staaten mit Amtssprache Portugiesisch”
  • German: “PALOP”
  • Hungarian: “PALOP”
  • Italian: “Paesi africani di lingua ufficiale portoghese”
  • Japanese: “ポルトガル語公用語アフリカ諸国”
  • Korean: “포르투갈어 공용 아프리카 국가”
  • Luxembourgish: “Países africanos de língua oficial portuguesa”
  • Luxembourgish: “PALOP”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “PALOP”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “PALOP”
  • Norwegian: “PALOP”
  • Persian: “کشورهای آفریقایی پرتغالی‌زبان”
  • Polish: “Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa”
  • Portuguese: “Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa”
  • Portuguese: “PALOP”
  • Romanian: “PALOP”
  • Romanian: “țările africane de limbă portugheză”
  • Romanian: “țările lusofone din Africa”
  • Russian: “лузофонические страны Африки”
  • Russian: “португалоязычная Африка”
  • Russian: “португалоязычные страны Африки”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “PALOP”
  • Slovenian: “luzofonske afriške države”
  • Spanish: “Países Africanos de Lengua Oficial Portuguesa”
  • Spanish: “PALOP”
  • Turkish: “Portekizce konuşan Afrika ülkeleri”
  • Urdu: “پرتگیزی متکلم افریقی ممالک”
  • Welsh: “Gwledydd Affricanaidd sy’n siarad Portiwgaleg”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Parque da Staff Tá Limpo‘ and Campo em Construção.

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