ANGOLA

POPULATION AND MAJOR CITIES

ETHNICITIES

• Ethnic groups in Angola are dominated by the Bantu, who are divided into a number of ethnolinguistic groupings. The main ones are the Ovimbundu, constituting some 37% of the population in 2005, the Kimbundu, totaling 25% of the population, and the Bakongo with 13%.

WARS

• THE ANGOLA CIVIL WAR, IT WAS THE WAR TO BECOME INDEPENDENT
• From Portugal.
• The diamond wars was also located here.

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Angola has a good stock pile of resources
• They include diamonds, iron ore, manganeese, and copper.
• Angola has enormous reserves of oil, gas
• Hydroelectric potential, varied agricultural land and good rain fall.

INDUSTRIES

• The countrys biggest industries are
• Diamond: they mine for diamonds which also caused one of the
• Worst wars the ever experianced known as blood diamonds.
• Petroleum:they are the 2nd largest producer and their
• Mines are mostly located offshore

GOVERMENT

LEADERS

• José Eduardo dos Santos
• He is the head of state
• And the current leader

PHISICAL SIZE

• Angola, more than three times the size of California
• extends for more than 1,000 mi (1,609 km) along the South Atlantic in southwest

MAJOR FEATURES

• The Chell and Nissecua are 2 mountains that are very interesting

THEIR FLAG

• The national flag of Angola came into use at independence on November 11, 1975. It is split horizontally into an upper red half and a lower black half, and features a yellow half-gear crossed with a machete and crowned with a star

HISTORICAL EVENT

• 1641 Dutch occupy Luanda (until 1648) and drive the Portuguese out form settlements along the coast.

NEWS

• MAR. 19, 2015 Nicholas Kristof Op-Ed column examines extreme plight of children in Angola, deeply corrupt African nation with world's highest rate of child mortality; contends starvation, illness and death are all the more galling in light of Angola's oil and diamond wealth; holds West should do more to oppose Pres Jose Eduardo Dos Santos as he pillages his country and leaves children to die

AGRICULTURE

• Angola has a tremendous potential. Angola is a potentially rich agricultural country, with fertile soils, a favourable climate, and about 57.4 million ha of agricultural land, including more than 5.0 million ha of arable land.

EDUCATION

• Education in Angola has four years of compulsory, free primary education which begins at age seven, and secondary education which begins at age eleven, lasting eight years. Basic adult literacy continues to be extremely low, but there are conflicting figures from government and other sources.

CLIMATE

• The climate of Angola is tropical, rainy, and dry depending on the season.

EXTRA

• Angola is one of the leading diamond producers and has had wars over the diamonds also known as blood diamonds