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- Total1,246,700 km
2
 (23rd) 481,354sq mi-Water (%)negligible
Population
- 2007 estimate16,941,000 (59th)- 1970 census5,646,177-Density13/km
2
(199th)34/sq mi
GDP
(PPP)2008 estimate- Total$106.410 billion
[1]
 -Per capita$6,331
[1]
 
GDP
(nominal)2008 estimate- Total$83.384 billion
[1]
 -Per capita$4,961
[1]
 
HDI
(2007)
▲
0.446 (low) (162nd)
Currency
Kwanza(
AOA
)
Time zone
WAT(UTC+1) - Summer (DST)
not observed 
(UTC+1)
Drives on the
right
Internet TLD
.ao
Calling code
244
Angola
, officially the
Republic of Angola
(Portuguese:
 República de Angola
,
 pronounced
[ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈɡɔlɐ]
;Kongo: Repubilika ya Ngola), is a country insouth-centralAfricabordered by Namibia on the south,Democratic Republic of the Congoon the north, and Zambiaon the east; its west coast is on theAtlantic Ocean. The exclaveprovince of Cabindahas a border with the Republic of the Congoand the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Angola was aPortuguese overseas territoryfrom the 16th century to 1975. After independence, Angola was the scene of an intensecivilwar from 1975 to 2002. The country is the second-largest  petroleum and diamond   producer in sub-Saharan Africa; however, itslife expectancyandinfant mortality rates are both among the worst ranked in the world. According to theInternational MonetaryFund, more than $4 billion in oil receipts have disappeared from Angola's treasury in the2000s. In August 2006, a peace treaty was signed with afactionof theFLEC, a separatist guerrilla group from theCabindaexclave in the North, which is still active.
[2]
About 65% of Angola's oil comes from that region.
 
Contents
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1 History
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1.1 Early migrations
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1.2 Portuguese rule
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1.3 Independence and civil war 
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1.4 Ceasefire with UNITA
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2 Politics
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3 Administrative divisions
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3.1 Exclave of Cabinda
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4 Military
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5 Police
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6 Geography
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7 Economy
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8 Transport
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9 Demographics
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9.1 Languages
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9.2 Religion
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10 Health
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11 Education
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12 Culture
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13 See also
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14 Further reading
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15 References
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16 External links
[edit] History
Main article:History of Angola
[edit] Early migrations
Please help improve this sectionby expanding it.
Further information might be found on the talk page. Khoisan hunter-gatherersare some of the earliest known modern human inhabitants of  the area. They were largely replaced byBantutribes during the Bantu migrations, though small numbers of Khoisans remain in parts of southern Angola to the presentday. The Bantu came from the north, probably from somewhere near the present-dayRepublic of Cameroon. When they reached what is now Angola, they encountered theKhoisans, Bushmen and other groups considerably less advanced than themselves,whom they easily dominated with their superior knowledge of metal-working, ceramicsand agriculture. The establishment of the Bantus took many centuries and gave rise tovarious groups who took on different ethnic characteristics.
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