Middle Africa
Flag of Angola
Atlantic surf meets the oldest desert.
Colours, by share of the flag
- #c00018 47%
- #000000 46%
Measured from the flag artwork itself, so shares are approximate and emblems get folded into the nearest tone.
Angola in numbers
| Official name | Republic of Angola |
|---|---|
| Capital | Luanda |
| Region | Middle Africa, Africa |
| Population | 32,866,268 |
| Area | 1,246,700 km² · 26 people per km² |
| Currency | Angolan kwanza (AOA) |
| Languages | Portuguese |
| Country codes | AO · AGO · .ao |
| Coastline | Has a coast |
Things worth knowing
- Its southern sands belong to the Namib, reckoned the world's most ancient desert, where rivers vanish into dunes before reaching the sea.
- Portuguese is the official tongue, making Angola the largest Portuguese-speaking nation by land after Brazil, though millions also speak Umbundu and Kimbundu at home.
- The country's living emblem is the giant sable antelope, a sweeping-horned creature found nowhere else on Earth that was long feared extinct.
Did you know
Angola's Welwitschia is a desert plant that grows just two leathery leaves for its entire life, which can stretch past a thousand years.
Neighbours
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Country data from the mledoze/countries dataset under ODbL 1.0. Flag artwork from the same dataset. All 196 flags.