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Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Angola" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ambundu; B.
There are over 100 distinct ethnic groups and languages/dialects in Angola. Although Portuguese is the official language, for many black Angolans it is a second or even third language. The three dominant ethnic groups are the Ovimbundu, Mbundu (better called Ambundu, speaking Kimbundu) and the Bakongo. There are also small numbers of Mestiço ...
3.36% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 6th 3.49% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 2nd. The population is growing by 3.52% annually. There are 44.2 births and 9.2 deaths per 1,000 citizens. The net migration rate is 0.2 migrants per 1,000 citizens. The fertility rate of Angola is 6.16 children born per woman as of 2017.
Ethnic classifications vary from country to country and are therefore not comparable across countries. While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural ...
A map of Angola showing majority ethnic groups (Bakongo area is north, dark green). Kongo oral tradition suggests that the Kingdom of Kongo was founded before the 14th century and the 13th century. [23] [24] The kingdom was modeled not on hereditary succession as was common in Europe, but based on an election by the court nobles from the Kongo ...
Angola, [a] officially the Republic of Angola, [b] is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Lusophone ( Portuguese-speaking ) country in both total area and population and is the seventh-largest country in Africa .
The Ambundu speak Kimbundu, and most also speak the official language of the country, Portuguese. They are the second biggest ethnic group in the country and make up 25% of the total population of Angola. [citation needed] The Ambundu nowadays live in the region stretching to the East from Angola's capital city of Luanda (see map).
The Ovimbundu, also known as the Southern Mbundu, [a] are a Bantu ethnic group who live on the Bié Plateau of central Angola and in the coastal strip west of these highlands. As the largest ethnic group in Angola, they make up 38 percent of the country's population.