1. The Republic of Angola (Portuguese: A República de Angola, English: The Republic of Angola), abbreviated as Angola, is located in southwest Africa, bordering the Congo (Brazzaville) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the north, Zambia to the east, Namibia to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the capital Luanda.
2. The flag of Angola was inaugurated on November 11, 1975. The flag is rectangular in shape, with a length-to-width ratio of 3:2. The flag is composed of two parallel rectangles, red and black, and in the middle of the flag face are golden curved gears and wood knives that intersect each other. Between the curved gear and the chai knife there is a golden five-pointed star.
3. Most of the northern part belongs to the savannah climate, the southern part belongs to the subtropical climate, and the high altitude area belongs to the temperate climate. It consists mainly of plains, hills and plateaus.
4. The main ethnic groups in Angola are the Owingbendu, the Mbendou and the Bago congolese ethnic group, which together account for 80% of the total population.
5. The total area is 1246700 square kilometers, of which the land area ranks 22nd in the world, the population is 33.3 million, the official language is Portuguese, the coastline is 1650 kilometers long, the national average population density is 24 people / square kilometer, the capital Luanda has the largest population density, and the cabinda population density is the smallest.
6. Angola is one of the least developed countries in the world, is a member of the African Union, before independence not only self-sufficient food, but also a large number of exports, known as the "granary of southern Africa", its sisal and coffee exports rank among the top in the world. But decades-long civil war wreaked havoc on Angola's agricultural production system, and nearly half of its food supply depended on imports or aid.
7. Angola is rich in natural resources
It is rich in oil, gas and mineral resources. As of 2014, Angola has proven oil recoverable reserves of more than 13.1 billion barrels and natural gas reserves of 7 trillion cubic meters. The main minerals are diamonds, iron, phosphate, copper, manganese, uranium, lead, tin, zinc, tungsten, gold, quartz, marble and granite. Diamond reserves are about 1 billion carats, iron ore 1.7 billion tons, phosphate 200 million tons, manganese ore nearly 100 million tons.
With a forest area of 53 million hectares and a forest coverage rate of 35%, it is the second largest forestry resource country in Africa, producing precious woods such as ebony, African white sandalwood, rosewood, mahogany and so on.
Water conservancy, agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery resources are relatively rich. With a water resource potential of 140 billion cubic meters, hydropower accounts for 75% of the country's total power generation, and the remaining 25% comes from thermal power generation.
8. China is Angola's largest trading partner, and Angola is China's second largest trading partner in Africa.
9. Angola is China's fifth largest oil supplier, accounting for 7% of the mainland's total oil imports. In particular, 80 million tons of oil are produced every year, and more than half of them are sent to China.
10. The angora rabbit is a world-famous long-haired rabbit breed, but it has nothing to do with Angola, and there is a theory that it originated from the Turkish province of Angola (ankara).
11. The Cabinda water system built by China Railway Construction Group is the largest water supply project in Angola and also allows locals to no longer have to draw water from distant swamps.
Chinese companies have almost all of Angola's key infrastructure projects, such as Angola's longest Benguela Railway, the New Capital International Airport and the largest Port of Luanda. Among them, the Benguela Railway is the longest railway in Angola, with a total length of 1344 kilometers, which is the longest railway built overseas by the mainland.
12. Cabinda is an "enclave" territory of Angola, located between the Congo (Brazzaville) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with a straight-line distance of about 130 km from the Angolan mainland.
13. Angola is the second largest number of Workers in China, and there are about 30,000 to 50,000 Chinese workers working there alone.
14. Mtsulu Island, is a long and narrow peninsula, the narrowest point is less than 100 meters, the island is lush with plants, blue sea and sandy beaches, forming a charming tropical scenery.
15. Angola was historically a Portuguese colony, originally called Portuguese West Africa, because of its rich products, beautiful and rich, it was one of the richest colonies in Portugal, and was once known as the "Brazil of Africa".
16.Angola is considered to be a country with a large investment in health care in Africa, with free medical care throughout the country, and it is one of the countries with the lowest rate of AIDS infection in African countries.
17. Angola's textile industry is very backward, in order to meet the needs of the national clothing, Angola imports a large number of second-hand clothing, and now it is one of the world's largest importers of second-hand clothing.
18. The currency of Angola is called Kwanza, and the maximum denomination is 5000 Kwanza. 1 USD = 637.00 Angolan kwanza.