Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (
Portuguese
:
República de Angola
,
pronounced
IPA
:
ʁɛ'publikɐ dɨ ɐ̃'gɔlɐ
Kongo
:
Repubilika ya Ngola
), is a country in south-central
Africa
bordering
Namibia
to the south,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
to the north, and
Zambia
to the east, and with a west coast along the
Atlantic Ocean
. The
exclave
province
Cabinda
has a border with the
Republic of the Congo
and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
. A former
Portuguese colony
, it has considerable natural resources, most notably
petroleum
and
diamonds
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