The present city of Angol was founded definitively by Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez, on 6 December 1862 as a fortress and base for his campaign for the Pacification of Araucania.

Subsequently, it was the economic and administrative center and departure point for the Chilean and foreign colonists that occupied the lands around it.

[4] Líder will be the first hypermarket to open business in the city while Cencosud's Santa Isabel supermarkets is also considering entering the market.

[3] As a commune, Angol is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years.

The commune is represented in the Senate by Alberto Espina Otero (RN) and Jaime Quintana Leal (PPD) as part of the 14th senatorial constituency (Araucanía-North).