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Country information
Area: Total area 1,246,700 sq km
Population: 18.9 million (UN, 2010)
Capital City: Luanda
People: The main groups are Ovimbundu, Mbundu, Bakongo, Lunda-Tchokwe and Ngangela. There is also a small mestico community.
Languages: Portuguese (official) and local African languages.
Religion(s):Christianity, (of which largest Roman Catholic), indigenous African, and a tiny Moslem community.
Currency: 1 Kwanza (Kz) = 100 Lwei
Major Political Parties: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA)
Head of State: President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos (assumed office 1979)
Vice President: Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (assumed office in February 2010)
Foreign Minister: Georges Rebello Chicoty (assumed office December 2010)
Membership of International Groupings/Organisations: UN, Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC), Community of Portuguese speaking countries (CPLP), Organisation of Lusophone African countries (PALOP), Gulf of Guinea Commission, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
