Embassy of Angola in Bern, Switzerland

Angola is located on the West Coast of Africa, but particularly in the Southern Region, bounded on the north and northeast by the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo Brazzaville, to the east by Zambia, Namibia and the South West bathed by the Atlantic Ocean. 
With a coastline of 1,650 kms, extends into the interior, occupying an area of 1,246,700 km2. Is divided into 18 provinces, with its capital Luanda. 
Found traces of human presence in some regions, mainly Luanda, Namibe and Mbanza Congo, show that the Angolan territory is inhabited since the days of prehistory. 
Migration of peoples from the north, the Bantus, forced to the then dominant inhabitants. Dispersing into the vastness of the country, the Bantus were themselves formed in groups, giving rise to the current races. In the thirteenth century the social structure and politics of some of these groups gave rise to the Kingdom of Congo and other Kingdoms, which gave the territory a balanced social and political organization.