Bengo Province

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A boat on a beach of Bengo

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.<ref name =Censo2014>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The province was created in 1980 by dividing the original province of Luanda into Bengo and a new smaller province of Luanda.<ref name="Law_29-11"/>

GeographyEdit

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.Template:Citation needed

MunicipalitiesEdit

Since the territorial reform of July 2011Edit

The Angolan National Assembly approved a law on July 27, 2011 reorganizing the territorial subdivisions of Luanda and Bengo Provinces .<ref name="Law_29-11"> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} 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. </ref>

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 (6) municipalities:<ref name="Info-Angola_Bengo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Município	Capital<ref name="geohive">Angola Statistics: Bengo Template:Webarchive. GeoHive. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Angola. Instituto Nacional de Segurança Social, Angola.</ref>	Area (km2)<ref name="geohive" />	Pop. (2006 est)<ref name="geohive" />
Ambriz	Ambriz	4,204	16,611
Bula-Atumba<ref name="geohive-bengo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> \|\| Bula \|\| 3,604 \|\| 56,718
Dande	Caxito	6,529	82,992
Dembos<ref name="geohive-bengo" /><ref name="info-angola">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> \|\| Quibaxe \|\| 2,444 \|\| 58,941
Nambuangongo	Muxaluando	5,604	110,831
Pango-Aluquém<ref name="geohive-bengo" /><ref name="info-angola" />	Pango	2,754	45,680

Before the territorial reform of 2011Edit

File:Bengo in Angola (before 2011).svg

Bengo Province before the 2011 transfer of two southern municipalities to Luanda Province.

The province of Bengo contained five (5) municipalities (municípios):<ref name="embassy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Município	Capital<ref name="geohive"/>	Area (km2)<ref name="geohive" />	Pop. (2006 est)<ref name="geohive" />
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.<ref name="embassy" />

CommunesEdit

The province of Bengo contains the following communes (comunas); sorted by their respective municipalities:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 geologyEdit

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<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>) and the first dinosaur fossil skeleton from Angola: the Angolatitan.<ref>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.</ref>

List of governors of BengoEdit

Name	Years in office
Manuel Lopes Maria aka Xi Mutu	1980–1987
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–