Capital:
Luanda
Area:
1,246,700 sq km / 481,226 sq ml
Language:
Portuguse, Bantu dialects
Currency:
Kwanza
Population:
10,766,471
Life expectancy:
45 (men), 48 (women)
Literacy rate:
56% (men), 29% (women)
Religions:
68% Roman Catholic, 20% Protestant, 12% animist
Physical features:
Narrow coastal plain rises to interior plateau with rainforest in the north - west and desert in the south
Ethnic distribution:
8 main ethnic groups with about 100 subgroups
Exports:
Oil, coffee, diamonds, palm oil, sisal, iron ore, fish, maize, mahogany
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