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Which country is Angola?

* * * Republic of Angola.

Referred to as Angola, it is located in the southwest of Africa, bordering Congo (Brazzaville) and Congo (Kinshasa) in the north, Zambia in the east, Namibia in the south and the Atlantic Ocean in the west. Most of the northern region has a tropical grassland climate, while the southern region has a subtropical climate and the high altitude region has a temperate climate. It is mainly composed of plains, hills and plateaus. Total area1246,700 square kilometers, including coastline 1650 kilometers, the capital Luanda.

Tourism in this area

Angola Anthropology Museum is one of the most famous museums in Angola, with tens of thousands of visitors every year. The museum has two main buildings, which were built in18th century. It used to be the residence of the rich in Portugal. In 1930s, Ann Diamond bought the building and expanded it. After Angola's independence, the state turned this building into a museum, which was officially opened to the public at the beginning of 1976+0 1.

The museum mainly has 12 exhibition hall, 1 library and 1 conference room. The exhibits are mainly physical objects, with some models, wood carvings, miniature landscapes and pictures, reflecting the history and unique traditional cultural customs of the main tribes in Angola, where men plow and women weave and sacrifice their ancestors.

The exhibits include various tools, utensils and weapons used by Angolan ancestors for farming, grain processing and storage, wine making, smelting, casting, hunting, fishing, raising livestock and cooking. Traditional percussion instruments, clothes made of bark, women's headdresses, belts, wedding and funeral offerings.

Rulers and tribal leaders use power struggles symbolizing political rights, tribal hats, carved red wooden chairs and noodles, and the layout pattern of large family courtyards under polygamy; Totems, worshippers, sacrificial masks and sacred objects of traditional and western religions.