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Country Quiz: Angola 🇦🇴

Situated in Southern Africa; this is the territorial nation of Angola 🇦🇴 Instead of having knowledge of a few countries - Why not all of them?
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/angola/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13036732
https://www.enjoytravel.com/en/travel-news/interesting-facts/7-interesting-facts-about-angola
Quiz by Jakovlev
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Last updated: November 9, 2023
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History
in 1483, this European country arrived, and would go onto colonising Angola until its independence (15-20th century)
Portugal
During its time as a colony, Angola was one of the key-trading spots for....
Slavery
Independence
1975
Between 1975-2002, Angola became the host of a 22-year long civil war. The war consisted of these two parties fighting for turf (communism V conservatism)
MPLA
Unita
The civil war comes to an end once this leader of the conservative party gets killed by troops
Jonas Savimbi
Society
Language
Portuguese
Nationality
Angolan
Main Religion
Christianity
National Animal
Giant Sable Antelope
National Sport
Football
National Dish
Moamba de galinha
Rumour has it, this Brazilian dance style may have originated from Angola
Samba
Geography
Capital
Luanda
Second-Largest City
N'dalatando
Bordering Oceans
Atlantic ocean
Main River
Zambezi river
Time zones
1 (UTC+1)
Bordering Countries
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Namibia
Zambia
Politics
State-Condition
Republic
Type of Government
Presidential
Unitary
Founding Father
António Agostinho Neto
Most Famous Leader (1979-2017)
José Eduardo dos Santos
Leader (2017-)
João Lourenço
Economy
Currency
Kwanza
Main Economic Sector
Primary / Agriculture
Member of this non-Western fossile fuel organisation
OPEC
Top-20 Biggest Producers of this Fossile Fuel
Oil
1 Comments
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Level 77
Nov 10, 2023
I believe that there were three warring factions when the Portuguese pulled out - the other one being the FNLA.