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Country information
Area: Total area 1,246,700 sq km
Population: 17.5 million (UN, 2008)
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)
Prime Minister: Antonio Paulo Kassoma (assumed office in September 2008)
Foreign Minister: Assunção Afonso dos Anjos (assumed office September 2008)
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).
