Line #9 UsefulNotes/Angola


1	[[quoteright:328:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Angola-map_6658.gif]]
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3	The '''Republic of Angola''' (Portuguese: ''República de Angola'') is a large country in Central UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}. Its capital is Luanda.
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5	Angola is a former [[UsefulNotes/{{Portugal}} Portuguese]] colony, from which it attained independence in 1975. After that, the country suffered from a civil war that ended only in 2002, of which the remnants still linger today. It has many natural resources, including oil, diamonds (second-biggest producer in sub-Saharan Africa, actually) and arable land, though the nearly thirty years of civil war largely destroyed them, replacing them with minefields.
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7	Since the war ended, Angola's GDP has gone up rapidly, courtesy of [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld China]] who is heavily investing in the country's rich resources as well as its infrastructure to make extracting said resources much easier, and the country is now the fastest growing economy in Africa and third largest financial market in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria and South Africa. Luanda has seen massive reparation and construction projects that erased many of the scars the war left and turned it into a comparatively modern and growing city. Areas outside Luanda have yet to see the fruits of this growth, however.
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9	The main problem now is a separatist movement in the province of Cabinda (that little part of the country that's separated from the rest of Angola by the UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo). It is not wise to visit there.
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11	The Mendonças from Series/DepoisDoAdeus come from here. Pedro Passos Coelho, Portugal's former prime minister also spent his childhood in Angola, where he migrated to when he was one.
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13	[[AC: Angola in Fiction]]
14	* The first mission of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'', "Pyrrhic Victory", is set during the Angolan Civil War, with Jonas Savimbi himself appearing as an ally in the first part of it.
15	* The latter half of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' is mostly set in Angola, on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then known as Zaire.
16	* Flame Hyenard's stage in ''VideoGame/MegaManX7'' is located in Angola, as seen on the globe when the cursor is over him.
17	* ''Literature/TheRoyalDiaries'': "Nzinga, Warrior Queen of Matamba" focuses on Nzinga, future ruler of Ndongo and Matamba, both part of modern day Angola, in her youth as the region becomes heavily under Portuguese influence.
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20	[[AC:The Angolan flag]]
21	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/angola_flag_7721.png
22	->The flag is derived from that of the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA), the country's socialist and dominant party. The red upper half symbolizes the blood of the fallen during Angola's independence movement; the black lower half symbolizes Africa; the gold cogwheel, machete and star derive from Angola's communist past, and represent the workers, the farmers and solidarity, respectively.
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24	[[AC:The Angolan national anthem]]
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26	->Ó Pátria, nunca mais esqueceremos
27	->Os heróis do quatro de Fevereiro.
28	->Ó Pátria, nós saudamos os teus filhos
29	->Tombados pela nossa Independência.
30	->Honramos o passado e a nossa História,
31	->Construindo no Trabalho o Homem novo.
32	->Honramos o passado e a nossa História,
33	->Construindo no Trabalho o Homem novo.
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35	->Angola, avante!
36	->Revolução, pelo Poder Popular!
37	->Pátria Unida, Liberdade,
38	->Um só povo, uma só Nação!
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40	->Angola, avante!
41	->Revolução, pelo Poder Popular!
42	->Pátria Unida, Liberdade,
43	->Um só povo, uma só Nação!
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45	->Levantemos nossas vozes libertadas,
46	->Para glória dos povos Africanos,
47	->Marchemos combatentes Angolanos,
48	->Solidários com os povos oprimidos,
49	->Orgulhosos lutaremos pela Paz,
50	->Com as forças progressistas do mundo.
51	->Orgulhosos lutaremos pela Paz,
52	->Com as forças progressistas do mundo.
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54	->Angola, avante!
55	->Revolução, pelo Poder Popular!
56	->Pátria Unida, Liberdade,
57	->Um só povo, uma só Nação!
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59	->Angola, avante!
60	->Revolução, pelo Poder Popular!
61	->Pátria Unida, Liberdade,
62	->Um só povo, uma só Nação!
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66	->Oh Fatherland, we shall never forget
67	->The heroes of the Fourth of February.
68	->Oh Fatherland, we salute your children
69	->Who died for our Independence.
70	->We honour the past and our History,
71	->As by our work we build the New Man.
72	->We honour the past and our History,
73	->As by our work we build the New Man.
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75	->Forward, Angola!
76	->Revolution through the power of the People:
77	->A United Country, Freedom,
78	->One People, one Nation!
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80	->Forward, Angola!
81	->Revolution through the power of the People:
82	->A United Country, Freedom,
83	->One People, one Nation!
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85	->Let us raise our liberated voices
86	->For the glory of the peoples of Africa.
87	->We shall march, Angolan fighters,
88	->In solidarity with oppressed peoples.
89	->We shall fight proudly for Peace
90	->Along with the progressive forces of the world.
91	->We shall fight proudly for Peace
92	->Along with the progressive forces of the world.
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94	->Forward, Angola!
95	->Revolution through the power of the People:
96	->A United Country, Freedom,
97	->One People, one Nation!
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99	->Forward, Angola!
100	->Revolution through the power of the People:
101	->A United Country, Freedom,
102	->One People, one Nation!
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104	[[AC:Government]]
105	* Unitary dominant-party presidential constitutional republic
106	** President: João Lourenço
107	** Vice President: Esperança da Costa
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110	[[AC:Miscellaneous]]
111	* '''Capital and largest city:''' Luanda
112	* '''Population:''' 31,127,674
113	* '''Area:''' 1,246,700 km
114	(481,400 sq mi) (22nd)
115	* '''Currency''': Angolan kwanza (Kz) (AOA)
116	* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' AO
117	* '''Country calling code:''' 244
118	* '''Highest point:''' Mount Moco (2620 m/8,596 ft) (87th)

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