Bengo Province

Bengo is a province of Angola. Its capital is Caxito. 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 Luanda into Bengo and a new smaller province of Luanda.

Geography The province is bordered by the provinces of Zaire to the North, Uige to the Northeast, Cuanza Norte to the East, and Cuanza Sul to the South. It has two western coastal stretches along the Atlantic Ocean, and forms an enclave around the national capital's province of Luanda. 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 and Icolo and Bengo. There are lagoons at Panguila and Ibendoa, Cabiri and Ulua do Sungui.

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

Município CapitalAngola Statistics: Bengo . GeoHive. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Angola. Instituto Nacional de Segurança Social, Angola. Area (km2) Pop. (2006 est) Ambriz Ambriz 4,204 16,611 Bula-Atumba Bula 3,604 56,718 Dande Caxito 6,529 82,992 Dembos Quibaxe 2,444 58,941 Nambuangongo Muxaluando 5,604 110,831 Pango-Aluquém Pango 2,754 45,680

Before the territorial reform of 2011

The province of Bengo contained five municipalities (municípios):

Município Capital Area (km2) Pop. (2006 est) Ambriz Ambriz 4,204 16,611 Dande Caxito 6,529 82,992 Ícolo e Bengo Catete 3,819 58,830 Nambuangongo Muxaluando 5,604 110,831 Quiçama Muxima 12,046 29,905

Since 2011, Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama have been moved to Luanda Province.

Some sources show the following municipalities in Bengo Province: Bula-Atumba, Dembos and Pango-Aluquém; while others list those three in Cuanza Norte (Kwanza Norte) province.

Communes The province of Bengo contains the following communes (comunas), sorted by their respective municipalities:

Ambriz Municipality:– Ambriz, Bela Vista, Tabi Bula-Atumba Municipality: – Bula Atumba, Quiage (Kiage) Dande Municipality: – Barra do Dande, Caxito, Mabubas, Quicabo (Kikabo), Úcua Dembos Municipality: – Paredes, Piri, Quibaxe (Kibaxe), São José das Matas Nambuangongo Municipality: – Cage (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, Quixinje (Kixinje)

Natural resources and geology Bengo is known for its abundant fish, with fishing communities along the coast. Late Cretaceous fossils are known from this region, including unique turtles (Angolachelys) and the first dinosaur fossil skeleton from Angola: the Angolatitan.O Mateus, LL Jacobs, AS Schulp, MJ Polcyn, TS Tavares, A Buta Neto, 2011. Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83 (1), 221-233.

List of governors of Bengo

Name Years in office Manuel Lopes Maria aka Xi Mutu1980–1987 Francisco Deolindo da Rosa aka Facho 1987–1988 Pedro Benga Lima aka Foguetão 1988–1990 António Ventura de Azevedo 1990–1994 Domingos Hungo aka SKS 1994 Isalino Samuel Mendes 1994–2004 Jorge Inocêncio Dombolo 2004–2009 João Bernardo de Miranda 2009–2018 Mara Baptista Quiosa 2018–

Bengo Province

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