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Africa

Angola

Ratio: 2:3 Adopted: November 11, 1975 Usage: National and Civil

The design is based
on flag of the mpla
The emblems
are similar to The cog-wheel and
the Soviet-style machete are emblems
hammer and sickle of agriculture and
of industry

Africa
Congo Dem. Repp. p. p. Originally a Portuguese colony, Angola was
C
Congo
N
N
ANNGOLA A eventually liberated by the People’s Liberation
Naamibia Movement of Angola in 1975.
am
am
The flag of the People’s Liberation cog-wheel, star, and machete, but
Movement of Angola (mpla) is like includes a hoe. These symbols are on
the present national flag but with a a background which, like the
yellow star. The half cog-wheel and emblem on the flag, is similar to the
machete on the national flag were devices used in Soviet designs. The
added, to create an emblem cog-wheel is balanced by a wreath of
reminiscent of the hammer and sickle cotton, coffee, and corn, and an open
on the Soviet flag. book. On the scroll is “Republic of
The national arms also features the Angola,” the state name.

ARMS OF ANGOLA
These are emblems of
agriculture and of industry The Soviet-style
emblem is still in use

The book is symbolic of the The state name,
importance of education in Portuguese—
República de
Angola—

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