Provinces of Angola

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Map of the twenty-one provinces of Angola

Angola is divided into twenty-one provinces, known in Portuguese as províncias. On 14 August 2024, Angola's National Assembly approved a law to create three new provinces:

• Cuando Cubango Province was divided into Cuando Province and Cubango Province;
• Icolo e Bengo Province was separated from Luanda Province; and
• Moxico Leste Province was separated from Moxico Province.

This law went into effect with its publication in the official gazette of Angola on 5 September 2024,<ref name=gazette>Template:Cite news</ref> and are expected to become operational in 2025.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The current provinces are tabulated below:

Location	Province	Capital	Area (km2) <ref>http://www.geohive.com/cntry/angola.aspx Template:Webarchive</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Population density (per km2 in 2014)	Region
File:Bengo in Angola (2024).svg	Bengo	Caxito	31,371	356,641	11.4	Greater Luanda
File:Benguela in Angola (2024).svg	Benguela	Benguela	31,788	2,231,385	70.2	Central
File:Bié in Angola (2024).svg	Bié	Cuíto	70,314	1,455,255	20.7	Central
File:Cabinda in Angola (2024).svg	Cabinda	Cabinda	7,270	716,076	98.5	North
File:Cuando in Angola (2024).svg	Cuando	Mavinga	?	98,419	?	East
File:Cubango in Angola (2024).svg	Cubango	Menongue	?	435,583	?	East
File:Cuanza Norte in Angola (2024).svg	Cuanza Norte	N'dalatando	24,190	443,386	18.3	Greater Luanda
File:Cuanza Sul in Angola (2024).svg	Cuanza Sul	Sumbe	55,660	1,881,873	33.8	Central
File:Cunene in Angola (2024).svg	Cunene	Ondjiva	89,342	990,087	11.1	South West
File:Huambo in Angola (2024).svg	Huambo	Huambo	34,274	2,019,555	58.9	Central
File:Huila in Angola (2024).svg	Huíla	Lubango	75,002	2,497,422	33.3	South West
File:Icolo e Bengo in Angola (2024).svg	Icolo e Bengo	Catete	?	?	?	Greater Luanda
File:Luanda in Angola (2024).svg	Luanda	Luanda	18,283	6,945,386	379.9	Greater Luanda
File:Lunda Norte in Angola (2024).svg	Lunda Norte	Dundo	102,783	862,566	8.4	East
File:Lunda Sul in Angola (2024).svg	Lunda Sul	Saurimo	45,649	537,587	11.8	East
File:Malanje in Angola (2024).svg	Malanje	Malanje	97,602	986,363	10.1	North
File:Moxico in Angola (2024).svg	Moxico	Luena	223,023	758,568	3.4	East
File:Moxico Leste in Angola (2024).svg	Moxico Leste	Cazombo	73,141	318,582	?	East
File:Namibe in Angola (2024).svg	Namibe	Moçâmedes	58,137	495,326	8.5	South West
File:Uíge in Angola (2024).svg	Uíge	Uíge	58,698	1,483,118	25.3	North
File:Zaire in Angola (2024).svg	Zaire	M'banza-Kongo	40,130	594,428	14.8	North

See also

• List of provinces of Angola by Human Development Index
• Municipalities of Angola
• Communes of Angola
• ISO 3166-2:AO, the ISO codes for Angola.

Bibliography

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