Barco com pescadores em uma praia de Cabo Ledo, Angola

Bengo is a

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. Its capital is

Caxito Caxito is a town, with a population of 55,000 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Dande, province of Bengo, Angola. It is also the capital of the Bengo province. Transportation The northern line of Angolan Railways Angolan may refe ...

. It has an area of 31,371 square kilometres, and its population as of the 2014 Census was 356,641. The province was created in 1980 by dividing the original province of

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into Bengo and a new smaller province of Luanda.

Geography

The province is bordered by the provinces of

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to the North, Uige to the Northeast,

Cuanza Norte The Cuanza Norte Province ( en, North Cuanza; umb, Konano Kwanza Volupale) is province of Angola. N'dalatando is the capital and the province has an area of 24,110 km² and a population of 443,386. Manuel Pedro Pacavira was born here and ...

to the East, and Cuanza Sul to the South. It has two western coastal stretches along the

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, and forms an enclave around the national capital's province of

. The Kissama National Park and the Kibinda Forest Reserve are here. The province also has a number of lakes, most of them are in the municipalities of

Dande Dande, with its capital at Barra do Dande, is a municipality in Bengo Province in Angola. Subdivisions Dande comprises seven communes as follows. * Caxito * Barra do Dande Barra do Dande is a town, with a population of 75,000 (2014), and a co ...

and Icolo and Bengo. There are lagoons at Panguila and Ibendoa, Cabiri and

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Municipalities

Since the territorial reform of July 2011

The Angolan National Assembly approved a law on July 27, 2011 reorganizing the territorial subdivisions of Luanda and Bengo Provinces . While the law had been voted on July 27, 2011, its effective date is 60 days after publication in the Official Journal, which happened on September 1, 2011. The law moved the Icolo e Bengo and

Quiçama Quiçama (Portuguese spelling), Quissama or Kisama (Bantu spelling) is one of the nine ''municípios'' (city council or municipality) that make up the province of Luanda, as per the new administrative division of the province (the others being, L ...

municipalities from Bengo Province to Luanda Province and created new municipalities in both provinces. Now, Bengo Province is divided into six (6) municipalities:

Before the territorial reform of 2011

The province of Bengo contained five (5)

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(municípios): Since 2011, Icolo e Bengo and

have been moved to

Luanda Province Luanda is a province of Angola. It covers an area of 18,835 km2, and had a population of 6,945,386 at the Census of 16 May 2014. The latest official estimate (for 2019) is 8,247,688.Instituto Nacional de Estatístiica, República de Angola. The ...

. Some sources show the following municipalities in Bengo Province:

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Dembos Dembos is a municipality in Bengo Province in Angola , national_anthem = "Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year ...

and Pango-Aluquém; while others list those three in

(Kwanza Norte) province.

Communes

The province of Bengo contains the following

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(''comunas''); sorted by their respective municipalities: * Ambriz Municipality:– Ambriz, Bela Vista,

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* Bula-Atumba Municipality: – Bula Atumba, Quiage (Kiage) * Dande Municipality: –

Barra do Dande Barra do Dande is a town, with a population of 75,000 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Dande, province of Bengo, Angola. It is located at the mouth of the Dande River. The government plans to build a deep-water port at Barra do Da ...

, Mabubas, Quicabo (Kikabo), Úcua * Dembos Municipality: – Paredes,

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, Quibaxe (Kibaxe),

São José das Matas São José das Matas is a town and commune in the municipality of Dembos Dembos is a municipality in Bengo Province in Angola , national_anthem = "Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , ca ...

* Nambuangongo Municipality: –

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(Kage), Canacassala (Kanacassala), Gombe, Muxaluando (Muxiluando), Quicunzo (Kicunzo), Quixico (Kixico), Zala * Pango-Aluquém Municipality: – Cazuangongo (Kazuangongo), Pango-Aluquém * Ícolo e Bengo Municipality: – Bom Jesus do Cuanza, Cabiri (Kabiri), Caculo Cahango, Calomboloca (seat: Cassoneca), Catete * Quiçama Municipality: – Cabo Ledo, Demba Chio, Mumbondo,

Muxima Muxima is a town and commune in the municipality of Quiçama, Luanda Province, Angola. The village, located by Kwanza river, was occupied in 1589 by the Portuguese who erected a church and a fortress in 1599. Muxima means "heart" in Kimbundu. It ...

, Quixinje (Kixinje)

Natural resources and geology

Bengo is known for its abundant fish, with fishing communities along the coast.

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fossils are known from this region, including unique turtles (''

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'') and the first dinosaur fossil skeleton from Angola: the ''

Angolatitan ''Angolatitan'' (meaning "Angolan giant") is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous. It is also the first non-avian dinosaur discovered in Angola. The genus contains a single species, ''Angolatitan adamastor'', kn ...

''.

List of governors of Bengo

References

External links

Official website of province governor

Information on this province at the Angolan ministry for territorial administration

Information on this province at ''Info Angola''
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* from Info-Angola

Province geographical info at geoview.info
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