Angola, authoritatively the Republic of Angola, is a west-coast nation of south-focal Africa. It is the seventh-biggest nation in Africa, circumscribed by Namibia toward the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo toward the north, Zambia toward the east, and the Atlantic Ocean toward the west. Angola has an exclave region, the territory of Cabinda that outskirts the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and biggest city of Angola is Luanda. Albeit possessed since the Paleolithic Era, what is presently Angola was formed by Portuguese colonization. It started with, and was for a considerable length of time restricted to, beach front settlements and exchanging posts set up beginning in the sixteenth century. In the nineteenth century, European pilgrims gradually and reluctantly started to build up themselves in the inside. The Portuguese province that progressed toward becoming Angola did not have its present outskirts until the mid twentieth century as a result of obstruction by gatherings, for example, the Cuamato, the Kwanyama and the Mbunda. After an extended enemy of frontier battle, autonomy was accomplished in 1975 as the Marxist– Leninist People's Republic of Angola, a one-party state bolstered by the Soviet Union and Cuba. The common war between the decision People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the radical enemy of socialist National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), bolstered by the United States and South Africa, went on until 2002. The sovereign state has since turned into a generally steady unitary, presidential protected republic. Angola has huge mineral and oil stores, and its economy is among the quickest developing on the planet, particularly since the finish of the common war.

Luanda, some time ago named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and biggest city in Angola, and the nation's most crowded and significant city, essential port and major modern, social and urban focus. Situated on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's central seaport and its authoritative focus. It is likewise the capital city of Luanda Province and the most crowded Portuguese-talking capital city on the planet. Luanda is partitioned into two sections, the Baixa de Luanda (lower Luanda, the old city) and the Cidade Alta (upper city or the new part). The Baixa de Luanda is arranged beside the port, and has slender avenues and old provincial structures.

Welwitschia is a monotypic gymnosperm class, containing exclusively the unmistakable Welwitschia mirabilis. The plant is usually referred to just as welwitschia in English, yet the name tree tumbo is additionally utilized. It is called kharos or khurub in Nama, tweeblaarkanniedood in Afrikaans, nyanka in Damara, and onyanga in Herero. Welwitschia is the main living variety of the family Welwitschiaceae and request Welwitschiales, in the division Gnetophyta. Casual sources normally allude to the plant as a "living fossil". Welwitschia mirabilis is endemic to the Namib desert inside Namibia and Angola. Welwitschia is named after the Austrian botanist and specialist Friedrich Welwitsch, who was the main European to depict the plant, in 1859 in present-day Angola.

The red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus) is a turaco, a gathering of African close passerines. It is a frugivorous winged animal endemic to western Angola. Its call sounds to some degree like a wilderness monkey. The red-peaked turaco weighs 210-325 g and is 45-50 cm long. It appears to be like the Bannerman's turaco, however varies in peak and face hues. Both genders are comparative. Red-peaked turacos are monogamous. The two mates construct a feeble home 5 to 20 meters over the ground in thick foliage. In the wake of laying eggs, the two fowls brood the eggs. The youthful leave the home at 4-5 weeks old. A profound yapping call. the female's call is marginally higher-pitched than the male's. They are profoundly vocal, especially at day break.

The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is an eland which occupies lush savannah in East Africa south of Kenya, and in Southern Africa, with a populace in Angola. The sable gazelle is explicitly dimorphic, with the male heavier and around one-fifth taller than the female. The head-and-body length is regularly somewhere in the range of 190 and 255 cm (75 and 100 in). Guys reach about 117– 140 cm (46– 55 in) at the shoulder, while females are somewhat shorter. Guys regularly weigh 235 kg (518 lb) and females 220 kg (490 lb). The tail is 40– 75 cm (16– 30 in) long, with a tuft toward the end. The sable pronghorn has a reduced and strong form, described by a thick neck and extreme skin. It has a well-created and frequently upstanding mane on its neck, just as a short mane on the throat. Its general colouration is rich chestnut to dark. Females and adolescents are chestnut to dim darker, while guys start obscuring and turn dark following three years. In any case, in southern populaces, females have a darker to dark coat. Calves under two months old are a light tan and show swoon markings. The underparts, cheek, and jawline are on the whole white, making an incredible appear differently in relation to the dim back and flanks. Long, white hairs are available beneath the eyes, and a wide, dark stripe keeps running over the nose. Both genders have ringed horns which curve in reverse. In females, these can achieve 61– 102 cm (24– 40 in), while in guys they are 81– 165 cm (32– 65 in) long.The normal life expectancy of the sable eland is 19 years in the wild and 22 years in bondage.