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Angola, [a] officially the Republic of Angola, [b] is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and population and is the seventh-largest country in Africa .
Angola is located on the western Atlantic Coast of Southern Africa between Namibia and the Republic of the Congo. It also is bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia to the east. The country consists of a sparsely watered and somewhat sterile coastal plain extending inland for a distance varying from 50 to 160 km (31 to 99 mi ...
The location of Angola An enlargeable relief map of the Republic of Angola. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Angola: . Angola – country in southern Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city.
Luanda (/luˈændə, -ˈɑːn-/, Portuguese: [luˈɐ̃dɐ]) is the capital and largest city of Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport, and also the capital of the Luanda Province.
The Kingdom of Ndongo (formerly known as Angola or Dongo, also Kimbundu: Utuminu ua Ndongo, Utuminu ua Ngola) was an early-modern African state located in the highlands between the Lukala and Kwanza Rivers, in what is now Angola. [1] [2] The Kingdom of Ndongo is first recorded in the sixteenth century.
Tundavala Gap is located about 18 km (11 mi) from Lubango, in the Huíla Province of Angola. [5] It sits on the western edge of the Humpata Plateau, an extension of the Huíla Plateau, inside the Serra da Leba mountain range. [6] It opens westward towards Namibe Province, overlooking 10,000 km 2 (3,900 sq mi) northwest towards Moçâmedes. [7]
The waterfalls, which lie almost 400 kilometers (240 miles) east of Angola’s capital Luanda, in Malanje Province, are traditionally believed to be sacred. ... “It’s a location where rituals ...
The Bié Plateau or Central Plateau of Angola is a plateau that occupies most of central Angola. The elevation of the plateau is from 1,520 m (4,990 ft) to 1,824.8956 m (5,987.190 ft). Several major rivers originate from the plateau such as the Cunene River, the Kwanza River, and the Kwango River.