Tegesé saka "Angola" ing bausastra Basa Inggris

Angola, kanthi resmi Republik Angola, minangka negara ing Afrika Kidul wewatesan karo Namibia ing sisih kidul, Republik Demokratik Kongo ing sisih lor, lan Zambia ing sisih wétan; pesisir kulon ing Samudra Atlantik lan Luanda minangka ibukutha. Provinsi Cabinda duweni wates karo Republik Kongo lan Republik Demokratik Kongo. Portugis ana ing pirang-pirang - biasane pantai - titik ing wilayah apa sing saiki dadi Angola, saka abad ke-16 nganti abad kaping 19, berinteraksi karo maneka cara karo wong-wong sing manggon ing kana. Ing abad ka-19, dheweke alon-alon lan ragu-ragu wiwit ngadeg ing njero omah. Angola minangka koloni Portugis sing nyakup wilayah saiki ora ditetepake sadurunge akhir abad kaping-19, lan "pendhudhukan efektif", kaya sing dibutuhake dening Konferènsi Berlin dirasakake mung ing taun 1920-an sawisé perlawanan lan penculikan Mbunda Raja Mwene Mbandu Aku Lyondthzi Kapova. Kamardikane dirasakake nalika taun 1975, sawise perang pembebasan sing cetha. Sasampunipun kamardikan, Angola minangka pemandangan perang sipil ingkang ageng wiwit taun 1975 ngantos 2002. Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country in Southern Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean and Luanda is its capital city. The exclave province of Cabinda has borders with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Portuguese were present in some – mostly coastal – points of the territory of what is now Angola, from the 16th to the 19th century, interacting in diverse ways with the peoples who lived there. In the 19th century, they slowly and hesitantly began to establish themselves in the interior. Angola as a Portuguese colony encompassing the present territory was not established before the end of the 19th century, and "effective occupation", as required by the Berlin Conference was achieved only by the 1920s after the Mbunda resistance and abduction of their King, Mwene Mbandu I Lyondthzi Kapova. Independence was achieved in 1975, after a protracted liberation war. After independence, Angola was the scene of an intense civil war from 1975 to 2002.