Explore Angola in Africa - Angola Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Angola with its capital Luanda is located in Africa (Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 1,246,701 square kilometres (slightly less than twice the size of Texas) with 12,531,000 citizens. Portuguese is the language spoken by the majority in Angola. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Zambia and Republic of the Congo are bordering countries.

Angola is a country in Central Africa. Mussulo Island is a beautiful extension of land situated in the south of Luanda (the capital). It is famous for its natural beauty. Angolan cuisine is varied and tasty, with local dishes based mainly on fish, cassava products and spicy stews. Angolan seafood is abundant and very good, and the Angolan coast is a special place to eat fresh lobster right off the fisherman's boat. Traveling in Angola requires a minimum of knowledge of the Portuguese language. Also, due to the fact that lots of people migrate from neighbouring countries to Angola, it is sometimes possible to use French and Afrikaans. The official currency of Angola is the kwanza (AOA). It is prohibited to import or export any sum of kwanza, and attempting to do so will result in confiscation of the currency and penalties levied.

Pictures from Luanda (Capital)

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About Angola

The terrain offers narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau. The average density of population is about 10 per km². The climate in can be described as semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda with north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April). Possible natural disasters include locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau.

To reach someone in Angola dial +244 prior to a number. There are 303,200 installed telephones. And there are 8,109,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ao". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 18 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Angola

Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Angola Tourism

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Angola

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Angola is growing at an rate of 2.06% (or by 269,727 citizens). Each year 13,722 people enter this country (or 1.10 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.96%. Or an total increase of 256,005 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.