Angola+by+Alba+García

By Alba García

=__My Country Facts__=

General Information:
Republic of Angola
 * Official country name**


 * Year that country joined the UN:**

People
The people of Angola where called Angolan.
 * What are the people from the country called?**

The official lenguage of Angola is Portuguese. Also in others regions speak: Kikongo, Motumbo, Chokwe, Quimbundo and Umbundu
 * What is the official lenguage? What other lenguages do people speak?**

The most practice religion is the traditional religion. And the rest ones where catholic.
 * What is the most-practiced religion?**

The traditional food of Angola is fish with rice or corn, potato, sweet potato and goat meat.
 * Which is the traditional food of Angola?**

GOVERMENT:
The name of the leader of Angola is José Eduardo Dos Santos.
 * What is the name of the leader of the country?**

The country is ruled by a presidential republic.
 * What type of government is the country ruled by?**

The most powerful political parties in Angola are:liberal democratic party, national front for the release of Angola, national union for the total independence of Angola
 * What are the main political parties of the country?**

Angola was a Portuguese colony They gained their Independence 11 of Novembre 1975
 * Was your country ever a colony? If so, when did it gain its Independence?**

The alliance of angola is Portugal
 * What are the alliances of Angola?**

GEOGRAPHY:
Angola is situated in the southwest of Africa.
 * Where is this country?**

Angola is surrounded by Namibia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and the Atlantic Ocean.
 * What other nations borders the country?**

In the interior of Angola is a big plateau with many branchs of the Congo river. In the southwest is a desert. In the Northwest a sabana. In the North is a tropical forest.
 * What kind of landscape does the country have?**

Angola have a tropical climate like the rest of Africa.
 * How is the climate of Angola?**

ECONOMY:
85% of the population works in agricultura. The most parts are plantations of cotton and plantations of coffe.
 * What is the most common sectors of employment in the country?**

In Angola 25% of the population does not work.
 * What is the unemployment rate in your country?**

The natural sources of Angola where fishing, agricultura, forestry , construction and mining
 * What are the natural sources of Angola?**

Thanks of the oil the Angolese improve their economy and their way of life, but this is not enough to stop being a poor country
 * The most surprising thing I learned about my country was: **

=My Predictions:=

Trafficking of species
Angola is one of the countries with the highest traffic in ivory. The Governor is doing many things to stop the ivory trade but it not enough for save elephants.

Child Labour
Angola considered that child labour must be forbidden. Many families in Angola want that her childres work looking after the cattle for the family economy. Most of the children cant go to the school because there are very expensive or because of wars the schools are destroyed.

=Position paper= Republic of Angola position paper