All of Angola uses UTC+01:00 (West Africa Time), and has never observed Daylight saving time. "Angola Time Zone - Angola Current Time". www.timetemperature...
744 bytes (39 words) - 15:43, 2 June 2024
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking)...
169 KB (16,371 words) - 01:20, 6 October 2024
Louisiana State Penitentiary (redirect from Angola Prison)
(known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South", "The Angola Plantation" and "The Farm") is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated...
136 KB (15,567 words) - 13:54, 23 September 2024
The UTC offset in the list is not valid in practice during daylight saving time. Lists of time zones List of UTC time offsets Time zone abolition Decree...
28 KB (180 words) - 08:12, 3 October 2024
In southwestern Africa, Portuguese Angola was a historical territory of the Portuguese Empire (1575–1951), the overseas province Portuguese West Africa...
52 KB (5,971 words) - 23:26, 4 October 2024
million people. In 1974, white Angolans made up a population of 350,000 people in an overall population of 6.3 million Angolans at that time. The only reliable...
34 KB (1,760 words) - 11:32, 26 September 2024
The economy of Angola remains heavily influenced by the effects of four decades of conflict in the last part of the 20th century, the war for independence...
47 KB (4,040 words) - 04:37, 19 September 2024
The Cuban intervention in Angola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned...
151 KB (21,394 words) - 01:45, 29 September 2024
TAAG Angola Airlines E.P. (Portuguese: TAAG Linhas Aéreas de Angola E.P.) is a state-owned airline and flag carrier of Angola. Based in Luanda, the airline...
103 KB (7,703 words) - 14:25, 21 September 2024
The Angolan Civil War (Portuguese: Guerra Civil Angolana) was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The...
163 KB (18,160 words) - 17:12, 14 September 2024
countries met in Angola, with Angola winning 1–0. Angola entered World Cup qualifying for the first time in the 1986 qualifying competition. Angola defeated...
68 KB (1,645 words) - 09:04, 4 October 2024
MPLA (redirect from Movimento Popular da Libertação de Angola -Partido de Trabalho (Popular Liberation Movement of Angola-Labour Party))
Angola (Portuguese: Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, abbr. MPLA), from 1977–1990 called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola –...
30 KB (2,733 words) - 03:29, 5 October 2024
Angola is a predominantly Christian country with Islam being a minority religion. As of 2014 census, there are 195,000 Muslims in Angola, representing...
13 KB (1,429 words) - 04:05, 12 July 2024
their military incursion into Angola in 1975–1976. It was part of the South African Border War and arose due to the Angolan War of Independence. The operation...
48 KB (5,812 words) - 13:20, 29 September 2024
gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Angola have seen improvements in the early 21st century. In November 2020, the National Assembly approved...
25 KB (2,379 words) - 17:45, 23 September 2024
The National Front for the Liberation of Angola (Portuguese: Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola; abbreviated FNLA) is a political party and former...
27 KB (3,140 words) - 12:27, 1 October 2024
UNITA (redirect from National Union for the Total Independence of Angola)
of Angola (Portuguese: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, abbr. UNITA) is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966...
38 KB (3,599 words) - 07:50, 5 October 2024
Christianity is the predominant religion in Angola, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. Angola is a secular state and its constitution guarantees...
30 KB (3,850 words) - 17:26, 17 July 2024
Telecommunications in Angola include telephone, radio, television, and the Internet. The government controls all broadcast media with a nationwide reach. In 2001,...
16 KB (1,700 words) - 00:20, 4 July 2024
(Portuguese: Luta Armada de Libertação Nacional) in Angola, was a war of independence fought between the Angolan nationalist forces of the MPLA, UNITA and FNLA...
108 KB (13,162 words) - 20:47, 5 October 2024
Angola is a city in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana, United States. The population was 8,612 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat...
22 KB (1,838 words) - 02:15, 20 May 2024
in Angola, The national team (m) qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and many Angolan footballers play internationally, particularly in Portugal...
9 KB (993 words) - 16:17, 30 September 2024
Angola Three are three African American former prison inmates (Robert Hillary King, Albert Woodfox, and Herman Wallace) who were held for decades in solitary...
35 KB (4,084 words) - 22:31, 14 August 2024
Capoeira de Angola (Angolan capoeira) or simply angola is the traditional style of capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art. A newer style, based on the...
28 KB (3,224 words) - 12:49, 29 June 2024
Angola has long been severely criticized for its human rights record. A 2012 report by the U.S. Department of State said, "The three most important human...
33 KB (4,135 words) - 00:40, 8 June 2024
The Angola Prison Rodeo, staged at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, is the longest running prison rodeo in the United States. It is held on one weekend...
13 KB (1,593 words) - 10:37, 5 July 2024
The institutional corruption in Angola refers to the pervasive and long-standing issue of corruption within the country's government and public institutions...
79 KB (10,129 words) - 23:17, 12 July 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic in Angola was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome...
56 KB (3,592 words) - 19:23, 12 September 2024
Portuguese is the only official language of Angola, but 46 other languages are spoken in the country, mostly Bantu languages. Portuguese is the sole official...
14 KB (1,126 words) - 19:34, 8 August 2024
anti-government rebels during the protracted Angolan Civil War. Although Angola won independence from Portugal in 1975, the U.S. – alone among its Western...
39 KB (4,410 words) - 04:23, 20 August 2024