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{{Infobox country|common_name=Angola|native_name=República de Angola|capital=Loanda|official_languages=Portuguese (Official)
Kikongo, Kimbundu, Umbundu and many other native languages.|conventional_long_name=Angola|established_event1=Autonomy within the [[Portugal|Portuguese Empire]]|established_date1=1965|established_event2=Independence|established_date2=April 21, 1976}}
== History ==
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During the second half of the 20th century, rural guerillas started to become a growing concern for the Angolan colonial administration. Calls from the urban population for more political representation in the form of public demonstrations were also common occurrences across this period.
As part of the Act of Balance of 1965, Angola, along with the other African territories still under the control of the Portuguese, became an autonomous territory inside the Kingdom of Portugal. This move was a resource taken by the country to, at least for a while, maintain its rule over its possessions and appease international pressure. Despite the efforts of Portugal, the fate of Angola becoming an independent nation in the next few years was already an accepted reality. The country was already exhausted from fighting on several fronts in a colonial war since 1962. Angola finally gained independence on
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