Angola
- Region
- Africa
- Area
- 1,246,700 km²
- Capital
- Luanda
- ISO
- AO
What the flag means
The constitution states that red stands for the blood shed under colonial rule and in the fight for independence, and black for the African continent. The yellow star stands for international solidarity and progress.
Fun facts
- FlagThe flag of Angola shows, in yellow, a gear wheel representing workers and a machete representing peasants.
- GeographyAngola’s Cabinda Province is an exclave separated from the mainland by territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- GeographyWelwitschia, which grows in the desert of southwestern Angola, keeps growing just 2 leaves for its whole life, and some plants live more than 1,000 years.
- Culture“Kizomba,” a style of dance music now danced all over the world, originated in Angola.
