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Capital: Luanda
Area: 1,246,700 sq km / 481,226 sq ml
Language: Portuguse, Bantu dialects
Currency: Kwanza
Population: 10,766,471
Life expectancy: 45 (men), 48 (women)
Literacy rate: 56% (men), 29% (women)
Religions: 68% Roman Catholic, 20% Protestant, 12% animist
Physical features: Narrow coastal plain rises to interior plateau with rainforest in the north - west and desert in the south
Ethnic distribution: 8 main ethnic groups with about 100 subgroups
Exports: Oil, coffee, diamonds, palm oil, sisal, iron ore, fish, maize, mahogany
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