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Flag description: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle). .
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Additional information about Angola
Official country name: Republic of Angola
Short name: Angola
Local names (long and short forms): Republica de Angola / Angola
Former name: People's Republic of Angola
Abbreviation:
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Nationality noun / adjective: Angolan(s) / Angolan
Languages spoken: Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages. .
Capital: Luanda (GMT 1.0, summertime: )
Government type: republic; multiparty presidential regime
Population: 12531357 ranked 71, (data 2008)
Geography: the province of Cabinda is an exclave, separated from the rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The lowest point is Atlantic Ocean 0 m and the highest point is Morro de Moco 2,620 m. .
Coastline: Coastline 1600 km - . .
Land borders: Angola has a total of 5198 km landborders, bordering to Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km. . .
Administrative divisions: 18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire
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Independence: 11 November 1975 (from Portugal)