Angola

About Angola

Angola is a country in Central Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Angola. In Arabic, the name is written أنغولا, and the capital لواندا. Its geographic centre lies in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Angola is Luanda. Luanda lies at about 9° south and 13° east. The official language of Angola is Portuguese. Its currency is the Angolan Kwanza, with the symbol ⁨Kz⁩ and the international code AOA.

Angola covers about 1,246,700 square kilometres, which puts it 22nd by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 4 countries: the DR Congo, Namibia, Zambia, and the Republic of the Congo. The largest of these neighbours by area is the DR Congo. Other countries in Central Africa include Chad, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Angola with the other countries of the same region.