| States and Territories Established in 1975: Angola, Bia Ystok Voivodeship (1975-1998), Cape Verde, Ciego de Avila Province, Comoros, Democratic Kampuc Contributor(s): Source Wikipedia (Author), Books, LLC (Created by) |
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ISBN: 1155402286 ISBN-13: 9781155402284 Publisher: Booksllc.Net OUR PRICE: $20.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2013 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 85. Chapters: Angola, Bia ystok Voivodeship (1975-1998), Cape Verde, Ciego de Avila Province, Comoros, Democratic Kampuchea, Kalisz Voivodeship, Masainas, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, People's Republic of Angola, People's Republic of Benin, People's Republic of Mozambique, Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, Republic of the North Solomons, Rio de Janeiro (state), Sao Tome and Principe, Siamanna, Siapiccia, Sikkim, Suriname, Suwa ki Voivodeship, Tiris al-Gharbiyya, Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, Viddalba, om a Voivodeship. Excerpt: Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (Portuguese: , pronounced: or; Kikongo, Kimbundu, Umbundu: Repubilika ya Ngola), is a country in Southern Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean and Luanda is its capital city. The exclave province of Cabinda has borders with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Portuguese were present in some-mostly coastal-points of the territory of what is now Angola, from the 16th to the 19th century, interacting in diverse ways with the peoples that lived there. In the 19th century they slowly and hesitantly began to establish themselves in the interior. Angola as a Portuguese colony encompassing the present territory was not established before the end of the 19th century, and "effective occupation," as required by the Berlin Conference (1884) was achieved only by the 1920s. Independence was achieved in 1975, after a protracted liberation war. After independence, Angola was the scene of an intense civil war from 1975 to 2002. The country has vast mineral and petroleum reserves, and its economy has on average grown at a two-digit pace since the 1990s, especially since the end of the civil war. In spite of this, standards of living remain low for the majority of the population, and life expectancy and infant mortality rates in Angola are among the worst in the world. Angola is considered to be economically disparate, with the majority of the nation's wealth concentrated in a disproportionately small sector of the population. Angola is a member state of the African Union, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, the Latin Union and the Southern African Development Community. The name Angola comes from the Portuguese colonial name Reino de Angola (Kingdom of Angola), appearing as early as Dias de Novais's 1571 charter. The toponym was derived by the Portuguese from the title ngola he |
