Angola

Relief, rivers and flora:

Angola has a diversified relief with the west part towards the ocean dominated by the Huila and Bié plateaus which are very high and have a mountain aspect and here is country’s highest point, Morro Moca peak at 2.620 m height. In the north part is a fertile coastal plain and the rest of the territory is covered with hills and plateaus that can get to 1.000 m height. It is crossed by many rivers among the most important are Cuango, Cuanza, Cunene and Cubango, but also the tributaries of Congo and Zambezi Rivers. The most part of the territory is covered by savanna but in north and in Cabinda region are luxurious tropical forests.

Climate, industry, population and capital of Angola:

The Angolan climate is very hot, tropical with the dry season between May and October and the rainy season between November and April when the rainfall is abundant. A powerful civil war affected the country since the obtaining of the independency from Portugal at 11 November 1975 till 2002 so all the country’s domains were seriously affected and destroyed. (Find more journeys on blog.worldlifetimejourneys.com) Even if the agriculture is blowing with more than 80% of the population working in this sector and the oil, diamonds, timber and iron bring many earnings, this country is continuously suffering in the present. The three main ethnic groups are Ovimbundu, Kimbundu and Bakongo. The capital and the largest city and port of the country is Luanda situated in the north-west at the Atlantic Ocean. Visit Angola!

Luanda the capital of Angola