Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 220V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Angola
- +244
What every visitor should know about Angola:
- Money
- The currency is the Angolan kwanzaa (AOA). 10 AOA is worth about US$0.11, or €0.08.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 3 out of 5 (Average)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Armed robbery is rare but occurs
- Carjacking
- Capital
- Luanda
- Tap water
- Very dangerous. Water-borne disease is widespread and purification is unreliable. Drink boiled or bottled water only.
Angola facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 12,799,293
- Language
- Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
- Ethnicity
- Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%
Economy
- GDP
- US$9,100 (per capita)