Angola Trivia

1. When did Luanda become the capital of Angola?

From Quiz Aesthetical Angola

Answer: 1975

Luanda became the capital of Angola straight after the country became independent from Portugal. The old name of the capital during Portuguese colonisation was *deep breath* São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda.

From Quiz Welcome To Angola!

Answer: Atlantic Ocean

Angola is close to the center of Africa on the southern side. Its western border with the Atlantic Ocean is about 1,600 km (994 miles), and forms the country's lowest point at 0 m. The coastline is generally flat, and shallow bays are quite common. The Benguela current in the Atlantic reduces the rainfall over the country, especially south of the city of Benguela (situated in the center of the coastline) - this forms the northern part of the Namib desert.

From Quiz Aesthetical Angola

Answer: A tribal object

Angola was named after the 'Ngola' which is a iron object that symbolises kingship in the Mbundu and Lunda tribes.

From Quiz Welcome To Angola!

Answer: Portugal

Unfortunately, Angola was worse off after the win of independence from Portugal, as was the case with many African countries that had recently won independence from Portugal. Angola suffered from economic recession and had one of the lowest GDP per capita values of the world. Sadly the situation in the country was so bad that it entered a 27 year civil war, which ended in 2002. Approximately 500,000 people lost their lives in the civil war. Portuguese remains Angola's only official language, although some regional languages are recognized, such as Kongo and Chokwe.

From Quiz Aesthetical Angola

Answer: 1,246,700 km² (481,353 mi²)

Angola covers 1,246,700 sq km (481,353 sq km). Surprisingly, Portuguese Angola covered roughly the same area!

From Quiz Awesome Angola

Answer: Red, Black, Gold

The red upper half of the flag represents the blood of the Angolans killed in conflicts, the black represents the African continent, the semicircular gold cogwheel in the center represents industry, the gold machete cutting across the cogwheel in the black half of the flag represents peasantry, and the gold star inside near the top of the cogwheel in the red half of the flag is modeled after the star on the flag of the former Soviet Union. The machete and cogwheel were put onto the flag when Angola had a Marxist government, the machete and cogwheel mimicking the hammer and sickle on the Soviet flag.

From Quiz Aesthetical Angola

Answer: Mount Moco

Mount Moco is the highest point in Angola at 2,620 metres (8,600 ft). It's in the province of Huambo in the west. It's located about 70 km or 43 mi from the city of Huambo.

From Quiz Awesome Angola

Answer: November 11

Angola gained its independence through a complex civil war that continued on in one form or another for some time.

From Quiz Aesthetical Angola

Answer: Moamba de Galinha

Sorry if you thought Funge. Moamba de Galinha contains palm oil, cassava flour porridge, okra, plantains and wild spinach. Gelado de múcua is a sorbet, Mufete de Caruso is a fish thing and Calulu is fish or meat with a bunch of veggies.

From Quiz Welcome To Angola!

Answer: Kwanza

The Kwanza (also Cuanza) river empties into the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 60km (37 miles) south of Luanda, and has a rich biodiversity. The two provinces with the name are Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul, situated on the north and south banks of the river respectively. The Capanda Dam on the river provides a source of hydroelectric power. The kwanza, which is the currency, is made up of 100 centimos.

From Quiz Awesome Angola

Answer: Four

Angola borders four, not three countries, as some may have thought. Angola's exclave to the north borders the Republic of the Congo, and the rest of Angola borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, and Zambia.

From Quiz Aesthetical Angola

Answer: Portuguese

This is because the Portuguese colonised Angola in the 1500s, when bumping into the approximate spot of Luanda today.

From Quiz Welcome To Angola!

Answer: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)

The area called Cabinda today was previously three different kingdoms: N'Goyo, Loango, and Kakongo. The Portuguese arrived in around the 15th century, settling along with the English and the Dutch. Portugal lost all of its overseas territories in 1974; the next year, the Treaty of Alvor declared Cabinda as part of Angola. The treaty was rejected by all political organizations in Cabinda.

From Quiz Awesome Angola

Answer: Texas

At 481,354 square miles, Angola is the world's 23rd largest country after Niger.

From Quiz Aesthetical Angola

Answer: Angola Avanté!

"Angola Avante" roughly translates to "Angola, Forward". The lyrics of the anthem were composed by Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro and the music was composed by Rui Alberto Vieira Dias Mingas.

From Quiz Welcome To Angola!

Answer: Zaire

Zaire Province is located on Angola's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was previously called Republic of Zaire (from 1971 to 1997). Zaire Province has an area of approximately 40,130 square kilometers (approx. 15,500 square miles), and its capital is M'banza Kongo (formerly São Salvador).

From Quiz Awesome Angola

Answer: Cabinda

Cabinda is separated from the rest of Angola by a small, 37km coastal strip of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

From Quiz Aesthetical Angola

Answer: 4

Angola borders four countries, the DRC, Zambia, Congo and Namibia. Most borders are just straight lines, but Zambia's border is defined by the Cuambo River.

From Quiz Welcome To Angola!

Answer: Mount Moco

Mount Moco forms Angola's highest point at 2620 m (approx. 8600 ft). Unfortunately, the cloud forest areas, also called montane forest, are among the most threatened habitats in Angola, and the endemic animals there are becoming endangered. Thankfully, a group of ornithologists and biologists are working on the Mount Moco Special Reserve to preserve the areas of forest and protect the animals who live there. More information can be found at www.MountMoco.org.

From Quiz Awesome Angola

Answer: Jonas Savimbi & Savimbi

Due to the death of their leader, the UNITA rebel faction disbanded its armed forces and instead, became a major opposition political party against the government.

From Quiz Aesthetical Angola

Answer: Kwanza

Angola's currency is the kwanza, adopted in 1977, replacing the escudo at the exact same rate.

From Quiz Welcome To Angola!

Answer: Bantu

Bantu is quite a general label, and includes many hundreds of tribes ranging across central and southern Africa. Bantu tribes form about one third of Africa's population, and the three tribes mentioned in the question form approximately three quarters of Angola's population. These tribes have their own native Bantu languages, but unfortunately the Portuguese influence in Angola has been so strong that these languages are spoken by minorities. Despite this, there are many tribal languages that are recognized as regional languages.

From Quiz Awesome Angola

Answer: 18%

Angola's economy is one of the fastest growing in Africa, however, much of the growth is based only on the rising oil industry, but even so, other sectors of the economy have also experienced growth, the non-oil industries grew 13.8% in 2006. Economic growth is projected to stay above 10% a year for the next decade. The International Monetary Fund expected the economy to grow 31% in 2007. In 2015 the Angolan economy took a downturn.

From Quiz Aesthetical Angola

Answer: 1,610 kilometers (1,000 miles)

Angola has a coastline of 1,610 km. Its coastline is also the lowest point in the country. Its EEZ (exclusive economic zone) is 518,433 sq km (200,168 sq mi).

From Quiz Welcome To Angola!

Answer: Agostinho Neto

Antonio Agostinho Neto was born in 1922. He left for Portugal to study medicine in two universities. In 1956, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) was formed by the merging of the Angolan Communist Party (ACP) and Party of the United Struggle for Africans in Angola (PLUA). Neto served as its President. He was arrested in 1960 by Portuguese authorities; many people marched and protested for his release, but sadly Portuguese soldiers fired at them, killing and wounding many. Neto was put under house arrest, but escaped. He died in 1979 in Moscow.

From Quiz Awesome Angola

Answer: Morro de Moco

Morro de Moco is 2,620 meters (8,596 feet) and is the highest point in Angola located in the Huambo province near the center of the country. Drakensberg is a mountain range in South Africa, Assal is the name of a lake in Djibouti which is the lowest point in Africa, and Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest point in Tanzania.

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