ANGOLA

POPULATION OF COUNTRY AS WELL AS MAJOR CITIES

• 21.47 million people(in 2013) live in angola.
• The top 7 cities in angola include: luanda, ndalatanda, huambo, lobito, benguela,kuito, and lubango.

ETHNICITIES FOUND THE COUNTRY.

• 37% ovimbundu- member in either of two peoples of western angola. (Distinguished as ovimbundu and mbundu)
• 25% kimbundu- either of the Bantu languages of the Mbundu, often distinguished as Umbundu(related to Herero) and Kimbundu (related to Kikongo)

MORE ENTHICITIES

• 13% Bakongo- referred to as the congolese, are a bantu ethnic group who live along the atlantic coast of Africa from pointe-Noire to Luanda, Angola.
• 2% Mestico- mixed African and European.
• 1% European- Characteristic of Europe or its Inhabitants.

WARS ANGOLA WAS IN.

• Feb.4th 1961- portuguese colony of angola fighting Erupted as 3-anti-colonial Guerilla movements battled for independence.
• Oct. 23, 1975 battle between cuban and south africa troops took place in angola.
• Nov.11, 1975- Angola proclaimed independence from Portugal civil war began following the 14-year-fight for idependence.

MORE WARS THEY WERE IN

• Mar.22, 1988- In Angola, the battle of Cuito Cuanavale changed the regions political landscape
• 1922- Angola fighting between unita and the mpla continued
• Aug.10, 1988- Angola fighting between government troops and unita.
• Nov. 17, 1998- renewed fighting created 331,000 refugees since April.

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Diamonds, Iron Ore, Manganese, and Copper Deposites
• Diamond reserves are the countries second most important source in foreign revenue.

TOP 8 INDUSTRIES IN ANGOLA

• Petroleum, Diamonds, Iron Ore, Bauxite, Uranium, Gold, Cement, Basic Metal products.

TYPES OF GOVERNMENT.

• Utinary state- state Governed as one single power in which the central Government is Ultimately supreme.
• Presidential System- System of Government where a head pf government is also head of state and leads an executive branch that is different from the Legislative Branch.
• Republic- sovereign state or country is organized with a form of government in which power resides in elected in idividuals representing the citizen body.

SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL EVENT

• A day in september in 2004, Oil production reaches ne million barrels per day. This month in Angolan history was significant because they have the second largest oil producer in Africa.

LEADER IN aNGOLA

• The current leader in Angola,Africa is Josè Eduardo dos Santos
• The current land area is 1,248 sq km.

AGRICULTURE

• Angola had a tradition of family based farming and was self-sufficient in all major food crops except wheat. They exported coffee, maize, and other crops such as sisal, bananas, cassava, and tobacco.