Angola
At , Angola is the world's twenty-third largest country - comparable in size to Mali, or twice the size of France or of Texas. It lies mostly between latitudes 4° and 18°S, and longitudes 12° and 24°E.
Portuguese Angola
These events prompted a mass exodus of Portuguese citizens, overwhelmingly white but some "mestiço" (mixed race) or black, from Portugal's African territories, creating hundreds of thousands destitute refugees — the "retornados". Angola became a sovereign state on 11 November 1975 in accordance with the Alvor Agreement and the newly independent country was proclaimed the People's Republic of Angola.