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Angola (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 12 30 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -12.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 018 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 18.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Original inhabitants of area probably were Khoisan-speaking hunters/gathers; large Bantu-speaking migration ca. 1000; home of 2 important Bantu kingdoms; settled by Portuguese 15th-16th centuries; exploited in slave trade; frontiers extended inland 19th century; official language is Portuguese, but Bantu dialects are also spoken. |
Names: |
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| Angola (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Angola (French-P,U,N)
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| Angola (Portuguese-P,U,N)
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| Angola (Italian-P,U,N)
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| Angola (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| República de Angola (C,V,O,Portuguese,U,N)
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| República de Angola (Spanish,U)
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| République d'Angola (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Republic of Angola (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Ангола (C,V,Russian-P,U)
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| Республика Ангола (C,V,Russian,U)
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| 安哥拉 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| 安哥拉共和国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| أهغولا (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً أهغولا (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| AGO (C,O,ISO3L)
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| AO (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO024 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| AO00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| República Popular de Angola (H,V)
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| People's Republic of Angola (H,O)
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| République populaire d'Angola (H,O)
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| Portuguese West Africa (H,O)
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| Província de Angola (H,V)
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............ | 1834-1896; 1951-1972 |
| Province d'Angola (H,V)
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............ | 1834-1896; 1951-1972 |
| Colónia de Angola (H,V)
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............ | 1926-1951 |
| Estado de Angola (H,V)
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............ | 1972-1975 |
| Angolan (C,O,English,U,A)
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence November 1975 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| province (H) |
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Portuguese, 1951-1975 |
| colony (H) |
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Portuguese, 1575-1951 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Luanda .......... (inhabited place) |
| .................. |
(World, Africa, Angola, Luanda province) [7000356] |
| historical connection .... |
Kongo Kingdom .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa) [8711680] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1976 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| République populaire d'Angola.......... |
[VP] |
| .................................................. |
ISO Handbook (1988) 775 |
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