Flag Description

two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle); red represents liberty, black the African continent, the symbols characterize workers and peasants

Background:Angola is still rebuilding its country since the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002. Fighting between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), led by Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS, and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas SAVIMBI, followed independence from Portugal in 1975. Peace seemed imminent in 1992 when Angola held national elections, but fighting picked up again in 1993. Up to 1.5 million lives may have been lost - and 4 million people displaced - during the more than a quarter century of fighting. SAVIMBI's death in 2002 ended UNITA's insurgency and cemented the MPLA's hold on power. President DOS SANTOS pushed through a new constitution in 2010; elections held in 2012 saw him installed as president.

Total Area: 1,246,700 sq km

Land Area:1,246,700 sq km

Water Area:0 sq km

Land Boundries Total:5,369 km

Border Countries:Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,646 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 231 km, Namibia 1,427 km, Zambia 1,065 km

Coastline:1,600 km

Lowest Point:Atlantic Ocean 0 m

Highest Point:Morro de Moco 2,620 m

Population:19,088,106 (July 2014 est.)

Population Growth Rate:2.78% (2014 est.)

Religion:indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)

Literacy(%):0.704

Literacy(%) Male:0.826

Literacy(%) Female:58.6% (2011 est.)

Independence Day:11 November 1975 (from Portugal)

National Holiday:Independence Day, 11 November (1975)

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