Interesting facts about Angola

Angola is a small South African state, nothing particularly noteworthy. There are no luxury hotels, no luxury beaches with snow-white sand, no striking waterfalls. Nevertheless, the corners of untouched African nature have been preserved here, and it is for this reason that rare tourists come here all the same.

The capital of Angola, the city of Luanda is the most expensive city in the world.

Legislation prohibits Islam in Angola.

Almost half of Angolans live below the poverty line.

Dimensions of Angola roughly correspond to the two states of Texas.

Almost the entire population of Angola owns the state language – Portuguese.

About one-tenth of the population of Angola is ethnic Chinese.

Half the inhabitants of Angola do not have a charter. At all.

The entire territory of Angola is home to the famous African baobabs.

On Fridays, Angolans do not eat meat, sticking to fasting.

There are no McDonald’s in Angola, none at all.

In Angola, Brazilian music is extremely popular, in particular, samba.

As in neighboring South Africa, in Angola they make very high quality and delicious wine.

Here grows an amazing plant welwichia. He only has two sheets, but they are continuously growing, albeit slowly, for more than a thousand years.

Angolan food may seem to tourists not so exotic – local cuisine is a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese, with light impregnations of local food.

Part of Angola is in the Namib desert, which is more than 80 million years old.