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Province of Angola Província de Angola | |||||||||||||||
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1575–1975 | |||||||||||||||
Anthem: "Hymno Patriótico" (1808–34) Patriotic Anthem "Hino da Carta" (1834–1910) Hymn of the Charter "A Portuguesa" (1910–75) The Portuguese | |||||||||||||||
Status | Colony of the Portuguese Empire (1575–1951) Overseas Province of Portugal (1951–1972) State of the Portuguese Empire (1972–1975) | ||||||||||||||
Capital | Luanda | ||||||||||||||
Common languages | Portuguese (official) Umbundu, Kimbundu, Kikongo, Chokwe | ||||||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism[1] Protestantism Traditional religions | ||||||||||||||
Government | Colonial government | ||||||||||||||
Head of State | |||||||||||||||
• 1575–78 | King Sebastian I of Portugal | ||||||||||||||
• 1974–75 | President Francisco da Costa Gomes | ||||||||||||||
Governor General | |||||||||||||||
• 1575–1589 | Paulo Dias de Novais[2] | ||||||||||||||
• 1975 | Leonel Alexandre Gomes Cardoso | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | Imperialism | ||||||||||||||
• Establishment of Luanda | 1575 | ||||||||||||||
• Independence of Angola | 11 November 1975 | ||||||||||||||
Currency | Portuguese real (1575-1911) Portuguese escudo (1911–14) Angolan escudo (1914–28; 1958–77) Angolan angolar (1926–58) | ||||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | AO | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Angola |
History of Angola | ||||||||||||||||
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Years in Angola | ||||||||||||||||
Portuguese Angola refers to Angola during the historic period when it was a colony of the Portuguese Empire (1575–1951) in southwestern Africa, an Overseas Province of the Portugal or Portuguese West Africa (officially the State of West Africa) (from 1951–1972), then a State of the Portuguese Empire (1972–1975).
In the 16th and 17th century Portugal ruled along the coast and engaged in military conflicts with the Kingdom of Kongo, but in the 18th century Portugal gradually managed to colonise the interior Highlands. Full control of the entire territory was not achieved until the beginning of the 20th century, when agreements with other European powers during the Scramble for Africa fixed the colony's interior borders. On 11 June 1951, its name was changed to the Overseas Province of Angola and in 1973, the State of Angola. In 1975, Portuguese Angola became the independent People's Republic of Angola.