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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 ...
Ethnic groups of Angola 1970. Roughly 37% of Angolans are Ovimbundu, 25% are Ambundu, 13% are Bakongo, 2% are mestiço, 1-2% are white Africans, and people from other African ethnicities make up 22% of Angola's population. Romani people were deported to Angola from Portugal. [15]
The Chokwe people, known by many other names (including Kioko, Bajokwe, Chibokwe, Kibokwe, Ciokwe, Cokwe or Badjok), are a Bantu ethnic group of Central and Southern Africa. They are found primarily in Angola, southwestern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa to Lualaba), and northwestern parts of Zambia. [1]
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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).
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.
As the largest ethnic group in Angola, they make up 38 percent of the country's population. Overwhelmingly the Ovimbundu follow Christianity , mainly the Igreja Evangélica Congregacional de Angola (IECA) , founded by American missionaries, and the Catholic Church.