Portugees-West-Afrika

Also known as África Ocidental Portuguesa, Portuguese West Africa, Overseas Province of Angola, State of Angola, Africa Ocidental Portuguesa, Angola

1575-1975 Portuguese possession in West Africa

Key facts

1975: Leonel Alexandre Gomes Cardoso
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 , Protestantism , Traditional religions
1575 78: King Sebastian I of Portugal
1974 75: President Francisco da Costa Gomes
1575 1589: Paulo Dias de Novais
Historical era: Imperialism
Independence of angola: 11 November 1975
1975 estimate: 7,033,000
Density

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Portugees-West-Afrika (Portugees: África Ocidental Portuguesa), ook wel Portugees Angola, was een Portugese kolonie in Zuidwest-Afrika. Sinds 1975 is het een onafhankelijk land: Angola. Het was van 1575 tot 1975 deel van de Portugese koloniën.

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