The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      female: 39.52 years (2010 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      6.05 children born/woman (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 10

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      2.1% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 29

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      190,000 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 32

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      11,000 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 27

      Major infectious diseases:

      degree of risk: very high

      food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever

      vectorborne diseases: malaria, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)

      water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2009)

      Nationality:

      noun: Angolan(s)

      adjective: Angolan

      Ethnic groups:

      Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%

      Religions:

      indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)

      Languages:

      Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over can read and write

      total population: 67.4%

      male: 82.9%

      female: 54.2% (2001 est.)

      Education expenditures:

      2.6% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 160

      Government ::Angola

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Republic of Angola

      conventional short form: Angola

      local long form: Republica de Angola

      local short form: Angola

      former: People's Republic of Angola

      Government type:

      republic; multiparty presidential regime

      Capital:

      name: Luanda

      geographic coordinates: 8 50 S, 13 14 E

      time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

      Administrative divisions:

      18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela,

       Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene,

       Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico,

       Namibe, Uige, Zaire

      Independence:

      11 November 1975 (from Portugal)

      National holiday:

      Independence Day, 11 November (1975)

      Constitution:

      adopted by People's Assembly 25 August 1992

      Legal system:

      based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased use of free markets; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

      18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

      chief of state: President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (since 21 September 1979); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government

      head of government: President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (since 21 September 1979); Antonio Paulo KASSOMA was named prime minister by MPLA on 26 September 2008

      cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president (For more information visit the World Leaders website ) elections: president elected by universal ballot for a five-year term (eligible for a second consecutive or discontinuous term) under the 1992 constitution; President DOS SANTOS was selected by the party to take over after the death of former President Augustino NETO(1979) under a one-party system and stood for reelection in Angola's first multiparty elections on 29–30 September 1992 (next were to be held in September 2009 but have been postponed)

      election results: Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS 49.6%, Jonas SAVIMBI 40.1%, making a run-off election necessary; the run-off was never held leaving DOS SANTOS in his current position as the president

      Legislative branch:

      unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (220 seats; members elected by proportional vote to serve four-year terms)

      elections: last held on 5–6 September 2008 (next to be held in September 2012)

      election results: percent of vote by party - MPLA 81.6%, UNITA 10.4%, PRS 3.2%, ND 1.2%, FNLA 1.1%, other 2.5%; seats by party - MPLA 191, UNITA 16, PRS 8, FNLA 3, ND 2

      Judicial branch:

      Supreme Court and separate provincial courts (judges are appointed by the president)

      Political parties and leaders:

      National Front for the Liberation of Angola or FNLA [Ngola KABANGU]; National Union for the Total Independence of Angola or UNITA [Isaias SAMAKUVA] (largest opposition party); New Democracy Electoral Union or ND [Quintino de MOREIRA]; Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola or MPLA [Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS] (ruling party in power since 1975); Social Renewal Party or PRS [Eduardo KUANGANA]

      note: nine other parties participated in the legislative election in September 2008 but won no seats

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

      Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda or FLEC [N'zita

       Henriques TIAGO, Antonio Bento BEMBE]

      note: FLEC's small-scale armed struggle for the independence of Cabinda Province persists despite the signing of a peace accord with the government in August 2006

      International organization participation:

      ACP, AfDB, AU, CPLP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD,

       IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO

       (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OPEC,

       SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO,

       WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

      chief of mission: Ambassador Josefina Perpetua Pitra DIAKITE

      chancery: 2108 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

      telephone: [1] (202) 785–1156

      FAX: [1] (202) 785–1258

      consulate(s) general: Houston, New York

      Diplomatic representation from the US:

      chief of mission: Ambassador Dan MOZENA

      embassy: number 32 Rua Houari Boumedienne (in the Miramar area of Luanda), Luanda

      mailing address: international mail: Caixa Postal 6468, Luanda; pouch: US Embassy Luanda, US Department of State, 2550 Luanda