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When did Angola gain independence from Portugal?

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Angola gained its independence from Portugal on November 11, 1975.1

Following a military coup in Portugal in April 1974 that overthrew the country's dictatorship, the path to decolonization was opened, leading to the formal end of Portuguese rule in Angola the following year.1