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^15. Photos from Angola

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^17. Anthem (Media Player)
^18. Music
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^1. Dependency status: NA

^2. Government type: transitional government, nominally a multiparty democracy with a strong presidential system

^3. Location: Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo

^4. Border Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 220 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km

^5. Climate: semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)

^6. Terrain: narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau

^7. Area: 1,246,700 km²

^8. Capital: Luanda

^9. Administrative divisions: 18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire

^10. Population: 10,366,031 (July 2001 est.)

^11. Languages: Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages

^12. Religions: indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)

^13. Currency: kwanza (AOA)

^14. Original language tekst: NA

• More about Angola
• Polish office in Angola
• Indispensable information (visas, customs,vaccinats)

^20. Recommended Travel Oficies in Poland:

• We await Your recomendations!

^21. Recommended Travel Oficies in Angola:

• We await Your recomendations!

^22. Airlines:

• Angola Airlines - Official resource for this airline based in Angola. Check out details on destinations and reservation booking
  

• PLL LOT - www.lot.com
• We await Your recomendations!
  

^23. Other transport (train, coach, boat etc.)

• We await Your recomendations!

^24. Angola office in Poland:

• Ambasada Republiki Angoli
  ul. Balonowa 20, 02-635 Warszawa
  tel. (022) 6463529, 6467272
  e-mail: embaixada@emb-angola.p

^25. Intresting WEB's about Angola:

• U.S. Library of Congress Country Study - Angola - comprehensive introduction to the country and its people. U.S. Library of Congress Country Study - Angola - comprehensive introduction to the country and its people
• Lonely Planet - Destination Angola
• Angola Press (ANGOP) - Angola Press News Agency, Africa
• Angola, The Republic of - Official site of the Republic of Angola presents Web links to government, economic, and cultural details
  
• Angola Page - University of Pennsylvania - Excellent collection of resources from the school's African Studies Center. Includes a map, travel advisories and reviewed sites
• Governments on the WWW: Angola - Links to websites of governmental institutions and political parties in Angola
• The Africa Guide - Angola - Details travelers information, accommodation, tours and safaris, and much more. Links to relevant sites, a large selection of books and maps, a forum area, and a photo library
• Mediaport: Music Angola - Artists and groups
• Angola on the Internet - Stanford University - An annotated guide to internet resources on Angola for students, faculty, librarians, teachers, journalists, business people and others
• allAfrica.com: Angola - allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience
• Ethnologue: Angola - provides an overview of the languages spoken in the country

^26. Other WEB's :

• slowniki.onet.pl - dictionary translating from polish and english, german, french, italian, spanish, russian etc.
• babelfish.altavista.com - dictionary translaiting both ways in 25 lanquages useful in translating texts