Republic of Angola República de Angola (Portuguese) | |
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| Capital and largest city | Luanda 8°50′S 13°20′E / 8.833°S 13.333°E |
| Official languages | Portuguese |
| National languages | |
| Ethnic groups (2000) | 37% Ovimbundu 25% Ambundu 13% Bakongo 21% Other African 2% Mestiço (mixed European and African) 1% Chinese 1% European |
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| Demonym(s) | |
| Government | Unitary dominant-party presidential constitutional republic |
| João Lourenço | |
| Bornito de Sousa | |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| Formation | |
| 11 November 1975 | |
| 22 November 1976 | |
| 21 January 2010 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,246,700 km2 (481,400 sq mi) (22nd) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 31,127,674[2] (46th) |
• 2014 census | 25,789,024[3] |
• Density | 24.97/km2 (64.7/sq mi) (157th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $208.034 billion[4] (64th) |
• Per capita | $6,850[4] (107th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $124.600 billion[4] (61st) |
• Per capita | $4,101[4] (91st) |
| Gini (2018) | 51.3[5] high |
| HDI (2019) |  0.581[6]medium · 148th |
| Currency | Kwanza (AOA) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +244 |
| ISO 3166 code | AO |
| Internet TLD | .ao |
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country located on the west coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country in both total area and population, and it is the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an exclave province, the province of Cabinda that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and largest city is Luanda.