This article is about the country in Africa. For other uses, see Angola (disambiguation).
Angola is a country in south-west Africa bordering Namibia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia, and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean. The exclave province Cabinda has a border with Republic of the Congo. A former Portuguese colony, it has considerable natural resources, among which oil and diamonds are the most significant. The country is nominally a democracy and is formally named the Republic of Angola (Portuguese: República de Angola, pron. IPA: [ʁɛ.'pu.βli.kɐ dɨ ɐ̃.'ɣɔ.lɐ]).
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
May thy peaceful reign last long!
May it last for thousands of years,
Until this tiny stone will grow into a massive rock
And the moss will cover it all deep and thick.
