What is Portuguese Angola?
{{Infobox former country | conventional_long_name = Province of Angola | common_name = Angola | native_name = ''Província de Angola'' | image_flag = Flag of Portugal.svg | image_coat = Coat of arms of Portuguese Angola (1951–1975).svg | image_map = LocationAngola.svg | capital = [[Luanda]] | religion = [[Roman Catholicism]] | status = Colony of the [[Portuguese Empire]] (1575-1951)<br />Overseas Province of [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Portugal]] (1951-1972)<br /> State of the Portuguese Empire (1972-1975) | empire = [[Portuguese Empire|Portugal]] | year_end = 1975 | year_start = 1575 | image_map_caption = Portuguese West Africa in 1905–1975 | event_start = Establishment of [[Luanda]] | event_end = Fall of the [[Portuguese Empire]] | date_end = 11 November | p1 = Kingdom of Kongo | s1 = People's Republic of Angola | flag_p1 = Flag of the Kingdom of Kongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo.svg | p2 = | p3 = | flag_s1 = Flag of Angola.svg | era = [[Imperialism]], [[Cold War]] }} '''Portuguese Angola''' was a [[Portuguese Empire|territory under Portuguese rule]] in southwestern [[Africa]] until the [[Angolan War of Independence]]. It was known until 1951 as '''Portuguese West Africa''' (officially the '''State of West Africa'''). {{history-stub}} [[Category:History of Angola]] [[Category:History of Portugal]] [[Category:Portuguese Empire]] [[Category:Former colonies in Africa]] [[Category:Portuguese colonies]]