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Official country name
Republic of Angola
Short name
Angola
Local names
Republica de Angola (long)
Angola (short)
Angola (short)
Former name
People's Republic of Angola
Nationality
Angolan(s) (noun) Angola (adjective)
Languages spoken
Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
Capital
Luanda
Government type
republic; multiparty presidential regime
Population
12,531,357 ranked 71, (data 2008)
Geography
the province of Cabinda is an exclave, separated from the rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The lowest point is Atlantic Ocean 0 m.
Coastline
Coastline 1,600 km.
Land borders
5,198km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km.
Administrative divisions
18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire
Independence
11 November 1975 (from Portugal)