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Guide to Angola ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Information[edit | edit source]

Angola is a country in Africa bordered by Namibia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia. It was a former colony of Portugal. The official language is Portuguese.[1]

Angola Map[edit | edit source]

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Provinces[edit | edit source]

There are 18 provinces in Angola.

  • 1 - Bengo Province
  • 2 - Benguela Province
  • 3 - Bie Province
  • 4 - Cabinda Province
  • 5 - Cuando Cubango Province
  • 6 - Cuanza Norte Province
  • 7 - Cuanza Sul Province
  • 8 - Cunene Province
  • 9 - Huambo Province
  • 10 - Huila Province
  • 11 - Luanda Province
  • 12 - Lunda Norte Province
  • 13 - Lunda Sul Province
  • 14 - Malanje Province
  • 15 - Moxico Province
  • 16 - Namibe Province
  • 17 - Uige Province
  • 18 - Zaire Province

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Angola," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola, accessed 5 May 2016.