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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  • 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”
    “PALOP”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lubango.
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Latitude
-14.90298° or 14° 54′ 11″ south
Longitude
13.51352° or 13° 30′ 49″ east
Open location code
5FQM3GW7+RC
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Portuguese-speaking African countries” goes by many names.
دول أفريقية ناطقة بالبرتغاليةArabic
PALOPAsturian
партугальскамоўныя краіны АфрыкіBelarusian
Països Africans de Llengua Oficial PortuguesaCatalan
葡萄牙語非洲國家Chinese
非洲葡萄牙語諸國Chinese
PALOPCroatian
PALOPCzech
Portugalparolantaj afrikaj landojEsperanto
portugalinkielinen AfrikkaFinnish
PALOPGalician
PALOPHungarian
Paesi africani di lingua ufficiale portogheseItalian
ポルトガル語公用語アフリカ諸国Japanese
포르투갈어 공용 아프리카 국가Korean
Países africanos de língua oficial portuguesaLuxembourgish
PALOPLuxembourgish
PALOPNorwegian
PALOPNorwegian Bokmål
PALOPNorwegian Nynorsk
کشورهای آفریقایی پرتغالی‌زبانPersian
Países Africanos de Língua Oficial PortuguesaPolish
PALOPRomanian
țările africane de limbă portughezăRomanian
țările africane vorbitoare de portughezăRomanian
țările lusofone din AfricaRomanian
лузофонические страны АфрикиRussian
португалоязычная АфрикаRussian
португалоязычные страны АфрикиRussian
PALOPSerbo-Croatian
luzofonske afriške državeSlovenian
Portekizce konuşan Afrika ülkeleriTurkish
پرتگیزی متکلم افریقی ممالکUrdu
Gwledydd Affricanaidd sy’n siarad PortiwgalegWelsh
“I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me.”

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