|RNational holiday:|N Independence Day, November 11.
|RNature and climate:|N Mostly a plateau with savannah, that in the south becomes steppe. Highest parts of the plateau reaches 2000 m.a.s.l.
Percipitation 500 to 1500 mm, most in the northeastern parts. Less than 100 mm by the coast in the south.
Temperature 20 - 25°C the whole year, but in the southwestern parts approximately 15°C from June to August.
|RPeople:|N One of the most distinguished rural societies of the world. Only 10% live in towns.
90% are Bantuspeaking ethnic groups like Ovimbundu, Mbuadu and Bakongo.
|REconomy:|N 90% occupied in agriculture and stockfarming. Most important crops are manoic (the base food), maize, wheat, coffee (important export commodity), sugar cane, sisal, cotton, bananas and palmoil.
Angola is very rich on minerals. Most important is oil, diamonds and iron ore, but Angola also have copper, manganese, phosphate, salt and uranium.
Most of the oil is exported and accounts for 75% of the export revenues.
|RHistory:|N Angola was a portuguese colony between 1491 and 1951, when it was made a province of Portugal. In the early 1960:s a liberationwar was started which led to independence in 1975.
After the independence the different liberation armies could not come to any agreements. The fighting continued, killing thousands of blacks, drove most whites to emigrate and caused economic ruin.
With the help of Cuban troops and Sovjet aid the MPLA (Popular Movement) at first won most of the country.
The UNITA, with help from the USA and South Africa, continued the war until 1991 when a peacetreaty was signed.
General elections were held in 1992 under UN supervision.
