_#_Literacy: 42% (male 56%, female 28%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
_#_Labor force: 2,783,000 economically active; agriculture 85%, industry 15% (1985 est.)
_#_Organized labor: about 450,695 (1980)
_*Government #_Long-form name: People's Republic of Angola
_#_Type: in transition from a one-party Marxist state to a multiparty democracy with a strong presidential system
_#_Capital: Luanda
_#_Administrative divisions: 18 provinces (provincias, singular—provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire
_#_Independence: 11 November 1975 (from Portugal)
_#_Constitution: 11 November 1975; revised 7 January 1978, 11 August 1980, and 6 March 1991
_#_Legal system: based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; recently modified to accommodate multipartyism and increased use of free markets