Geography

Situated on the Atlantic coast

Area
1,246,700 square kilometers, 43% of which is forest

General Information

Status
Republic; independent since 1975

Government
Authoritarian regime; multiparty; made up of a president and prime minister

Capital
Luanda

Currency
readj kwanza

Languages spoken
Portuguese and dialects

Principal industries
Significant, but largely undeveloped, petroleum and diamond reserves

Agriculture
Not significant, but main crops are cassava and corn, and some coffee