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Angola History

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OVERVIEW OF ANGOLA
Angola is a country in Central Africa rich in natural resources. It has a very large reserves of oil and diamonds, hydroelectric potential and rich agricultural land. Despite this Angola remains very poor having been ravaged by a bloody civil war from 1975 to 2002.
Angolan people are stoics and have a deep understanding of patience,they avoid blaming the difficulties the country faces on the fact that there was a war. Music is the heart and soul of every Angolan.
Angola is the second largest petro;eum and diamond producer in sub-saharan Africa
Table No 1 Showing The Profile Of Angola Country
Country Angola
Location Central Africa
Nationality Angolan
Capital city Luanda
Independence November 11, 1975
Population 10,069,501 …show more content…

FLAG OF ANGOLA:

ANGOLA COUNTRY :

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION :

The country Angola has its location central Africa and capital city is Luanda .it was independence on November 11, 1975. it has population 10,069,501 and its important cities are jamba , Huambo , caxito . Angola head of state is Edouardo dos santos and it cover area of 1,246,699 sqkm .Angola type of government is republic and its currency is 183Akwazas =1 USD

Angola country continent is Africa and its region is southern Africa and its coordinates is
12°30′S 18°30′E.the longest river of Angola is Congo river 4344m. The Natural resources are petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, gold, uranium , bauxite .The climate is equatorial to tropical . Literacy rate of Angola country is 42% and the official languages is Portuguese.

Major cities are Amboim ,Bailundo ,Benguela, Caala ,Calandula ,Ganda, Huambo . Kuito ,Kuvango , Luena, Massango , Menongue , Namibe , Saurimo , Soyo ,Sumbe , Tombua .

Angola people experiences rainy and dry seasons and there is short rainy season from February to April. Angola people experiences summer season as hot and dry, while winters are mild .the heaviest rainfall occurs in April.

LOCATION OF ANGOLA …show more content…

The no estimated to be 9562893 young people under 15 years old (4826674 males / 4736440 females )
2. The no estimated to be 11960306 persons between 15 and 64 years old ( 6074258 males / 5886048 females)
3. The no estimated to be 593161 persons above 64 years old ( 261637 males / 331524 females )

ANGOLA AGE DEPENDENCY RATIO :

The total dependency ratio of population of angola is 84.9%. it means each working person in angola must provide goods for himself and cover expenditure on one child . the value of dependency ratio show that the pressure on productive population in Angola is very high .
CHILD DEPENDENCY RATIO :

This ratio shows a ratio of people below working age (under 15) .the child dependency ratio in angola is 80%.

AGE DEPENDENCY RATIO :

This ratio shows a ratio of people above working age (65+) . The age dependency ratio in angola is 5%.

LIFE EXPECTANCY RATIO :

This ratio shows the number of years a newborn infant would live .total life exoectancy ratio for angola is 38.8 years . male life expectancy at birth is 37.7 years and female life expectancy at birth is 39.8 years

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