VERBACARD GEOGRAPHY — AFRICA
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ANGOLA
República de Angola
AO · AGO
INDEPENDENT 1975
SEVENTH-LARGEST IN AFRICA
POPULATION
36.7M
AREA
1,246,700 km²
CAPITAL
Luanda
CURRENCY
AOA
GDP / CAPITA
$3,500
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Mount Moco, 2,620 m
LOWEST POINT
Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
COASTLINE
1,600 km
LAND BORDERS
5,198 km, 4 countries
TERRAIN
Narrow coastal plain rising abruptly to a vast interior plateau.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
8.84°S, 13.23°E
TIME ZONE
WAT, UTC+1 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Namibia
Zambia
DR Congo
Republic of the Congo
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Presidential republic
RELIGION
Christianity, ~90%
LIFE EXPECTANCY
62 years
HDI
0.591 — Medium (rank 150)
LANGUAGES
PortugueseOFFICIAL
UmbunduWIDELY SPOKEN
KikongoWIDELY SPOKEN
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Petroleum
Diamond mining
Refining
Food processing
Brewing
TOP EXPORTS
Crude petroleum
Diamonds
Refined petroleum
Liquefied natural gas
TOP IMPORTS
Machinery and equipment
Vehicles
Foodstuffs
Medicines
LAND USE
Agricultural, 10%
Forest, 47%
Other / Savanna, 43%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
5.6M
1970
7.6M
1980
11.8M
1990
16.4M
2000
23.4M
2010
33.4M
2020
36.7M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
VERBACARD GEOGRAPHY SET