Angola
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Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the western coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country after Brazil in both total area and population and is the seventh-largest country in Africa. It is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The Angolan province of Cabinda is an exclave on the Atlantic coast, bordering the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and most populous city is Luanda.
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Key people
José Eduardo dos Santos1942 – 2022President of Angola from 1979 to 2017Source: Wikidata (citizenship)%2C_Bestanddeelnr_927-8518_(cropped).jpg/330px-President_MPLA%2C_heer_Neto_door_Den_Uyl_ontvangen_premier_Den_Uyl_en_A_Neto_(r)%2C_Bestanddeelnr_927-8518_(cropped).jpg)
Agostinho Neto1922 – 1979President of Angola (1975-1979)Source: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-President_of_Angola_Jo%C3%A3o_Louren%C3%A7o_during_a_bilateral_exchange_at_the_Angola_presidential_palace_in_Luanda%2C_Angola%2C_September_27%2C_2023_-_230927-D-PM193-1914_(cropped).jpg)
João Lourençob. 1954President of Angola since 2017Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Blaise Matuidib. 1987French footballer (born 1987)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)_(cropped).jpg/330px-Ofrenda_de_la_Liga_y_la_Champions-13-L.Mill%C3%A1n_(52109790215)_(cropped).jpg)
Eduardo Camavingab. 2002French footballer (born 2002)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi1934 – 2002Angolan political and military leader (1934-2002)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Everything that happened
- 1961 – 1974Portuguese Colonial WarPortuguese AngolaThe Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial Portuguesa), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation (Guerra de Libertação), and also known as the Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambican Wars of Independence, was a 13-year-long conflict fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African…Source: Wikidata (country)
- 1975 – 1991Cuban intervention in AngolaAngolaThe Cuban intervention in Angola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) against the pro-western coalition of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), and the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA).Source: Wikidata (country)