Having Montgomery as its capital city, Alabama is one of the nine states under this Consulate General jurisdiction. Agriculture and industry are fundamental to the State’s economy. 2000 data indicates that Alabama’s population is over 4 million, and it is the 23rd largest in the United States. Alabamian is the adjective for the resident of Alabama.

The Angolan community in the State of Alabama is still small. However, this Consulate General has made great effort to attend to their needs as part of its mission.

Arizona is another Southern state falling under this Consulate’s jurisdiction. There are more Angolan residents in this State compared to Alabama. The economic potential of this city is largely concentrated in agriculture and industry, where livestock, cotton, and dairy products are abundant; while copper, machinery, electronics, and tourism are key state revenues.

Arizona derives its name from an Aztec Indian word meaning “silver-bearing.” The year 2000 demographic statistics indicate that Arizona has a population of just over 5 million, which places it as the 20th most populous state in the United States.

California, also known as the Golden State, is the most populous state in America with over 33 million people, and it is the headquarters of the movie industry. Sacramento is its capital, and other large cities include, but not limited to, apart from the Capital city, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Long Beach.

A number of Angolans live and work in California, and regular visits by Consular officials have been made during which consular registration and other services are normally offered.

Records indicate that the State was named after “Califia,” amythical paradise in a 1510 Montalvo’s Spanish romance. The State economy is dominated by agriculture, where vegetables, dairy products, and nursery stocks are common, and by industry with film production, electronic components, aerospace, petroleum, and computers and computer software, standing out the most.

The State of Florida is the 4th largest with a population of about 16 million. Tallahassee is the State capital, and the largest cities include, but not limited to, Miami, Tampa, Lauderdale, and Orlando.

Also known as the Sunshine State, Florida’s economy consists of agricultural products, such as vegetables, sugarcane, and cattle, and such industry-based products and services as food processing, printing and publishing, transportation equipment, and tourism. Floridian is the adjective of the resident of Florida.

 

Georgia, the 10th largest State with just over 8 million people, got its name from King George II of England. It is the Presidential birthplace of former President James Earl Carter, Jr., the 39th President (1977-1981). Atlanta, the capital city, is one of the largest cities in the State. Others largest cities include Augusta, Colombus, Savannah, Athens, Macon, Roswell, Albany, Marietta, and Warner Robins.

The State’s economy consists of the agricultural sector, including poultry and eggs, peanuts, cattle, and dairy products, and industry with textiles and apparel, transportation equipment, paper products, food processing, electric equipment, chemical products, and tourism, leading the sector.

Industry, dominated by apparel, furniture, lumber and wood products, electrical machinery, and transportation equipment, and agriculture, with cotton, poultry, cattle, soybeans, and rice, are the leaders of the State’s economy.

Jackson – the capital city – Gulfport, Greenville, Meridian, and Pascagoula, are a few of the largest cities in the State. Mississippi’s population is about 3 million, making it the 31st in the United States. The state's name is said to be based on "mici zibi," Chippewa Indian words generally meaning great river. Mississippian is the adjective for the resident or native of Mississippi.

Leading Louisiana’s economy are the agricultural sector producing products such as seafood, cotton, soybeans, poultry, and rice, and the industry sector where chemical products, petroleum and coal products, paper products and tourism are brands.

With a population of just over 4 million people, Lousiana’s largest cities include New Orleans, Baton Rouge, LaFayette, Monroe, Alexandria, and New Iberia, to name just a few. Louisiana’s Penitentiary Angola was named after our own country Angola, from where thousands of sons were shipped to the Americas during the infamous slave trade starting in the sixteenth century. Louisianian is the adjective for the resident or native of Louisiana.

New Mexico’s agriculture – cattle, dairy products, hay, nursery stock, chilies – and industry – mainly producing electric equipment, petroleum and coal products, food processing, printing and publishing, stone, glass, and tourism – lead the State’s economy.

Among the largest cities are Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe – the Capital city –, Rio Ranch, Rowell, Farmington, Alamogordo, Clovis, Hobbs, and Carlsbad. Also known as the Land of Enchantment, the State’s population is just about 2 million, placing it 36th on the US most populous state list.

Birthplace of former Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969), the Lone Star State as it is also, is United States 2nd largest city with just over 20 million inhabitants. Texas’s economy is based on agriculture – cattle, cotton, dairy products, nursery stock, poultry, sorghum, corn, wheat – and industry, where production and development of chemical products, petroleum and natural gas, food processing, electric equipment, machinery, mining, and tourism have taken place.

Having its name based on a word used by Caddo Indians meaning "friends," in addition to Houston – the host city of the Consulate General of the Republic of Angola – other largest cities are Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, Fort Worth, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Plano, and Garland.