The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ infectious diseases:

       typhoid fever, malaria, trypanosomiasis, schistosomiasis

       overall degree of risk: very high (2004)

      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: 42%

       male: 56%

       female: 28% (1998 est.)

      Government Angola

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Angola

       conventional short form: Angola

       local short form: Angola

       former: People's Republic of Angola

       local long form: Republica de Angola

      Government type:

       republic, nominally a multiparty democracy with a strong

       presidential system

      Capital:

       Luanda

      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:

       11 November 1975; revised 7 January 1978, 11 August 1980, 6 March

       1991, and 26 August 1992; note - new constitution has not yet been

       approved

      Legal system:

       based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; recently

       modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased use of

       free markets

      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); note - the president is both chief of state and

       head of government; Fernando de Piedade Dias DOS SANTOS was

       appointed Prime Minister on 6 December 2002, but this is not a

       position of real power

       cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president

       elections: president elected by universal ballot for a NA-year term;

       President DOS SANTOS originally elected (in 1979) without opposition

       under a one-party system and stood for reelection in Angola's first

       multiparty elections 29–30 September 1992 (next to be held NA)

       election results: DOS SANTOS 49.6%, Jonas SAVIMBI 40.1%, making a

       run-off election necessary; the run-off was not held and SAVIMBI's

       National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)

       repudiated the results of the first election; the civil war resumed

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (220 seats;

       members elected by proportional vote to serve four-year terms)

       elections: last held 29–30 September 1992 (next to be held NA)

       election results: percent of vote by party - MPLA 54%, UNITA 34%,

       others 12%; seats by party - MPLA 129, UNITA 70, PRS 6, FNLA 5, PLD

       3, others 7

      Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court or Tribunal da Relacao (judges are appointed by the

       president)

      Political parties and leaders:

       Liberal Democratic Party or PLD [Analia de Victoria PEREIRA];

       National Front for the Liberation of Angola or FNLA [disputed

       leadership: Lucas NGONDA, Holden ROBERTO]; National Union for the

       Total Independence of Angola or UNITA [Isaias SAMAKUVA], largest

       opposition party has engaged in years of armed resistance; Popular

       Movement for the Liberation of Angola or MPLA [Jose Eduardo DOS

       SANTOS], ruling party in power since 1975; Social Renewal Party or

       PRS [disputed leadership: Eduardo KUANGANA, Antonio MUACHICUNGO]

       note: about a dozen minor parties participated in the 1992 elections

       but only won a few seats and have little influence in the National

       Assembly

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

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