About Angola

Official name: Republic of Angola
Capital: Luanda
Head of state: Jose Eduardo dos Santos
State: transitional government, nominally a multi-party democracy with a strong presidential system
Population: 12,263,596 (July 2007 est.)
Independence: from Portugal in 1975
Languages: Portuguese (official) around 60 other languages spoken including Umbundu, Kimbundu, Kikongo, Tchokwe and Ovambo.
Religion: African traditional 47%, Catholicism 38%, Protestant Christian 15%
Currency: New Kwanza
Media: Ebonet Noticias at ebonet

Communication

Mainline telephones: 98,200 (2006)
Cellular telephones: 2,264 million (2006)
Internet country code: .ao
Internet hosts: 3,337 (2007)
Internet users: 85,000 (2005)