Editing Provinces of Angola

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[[File:Angola, administrative divisions - en - colored (2024).svg|thumb|upright=1.2|Map of the twenty-one provinces of Angola]]
[[Angola]] is divided into twenty-one provinces, known in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] as ''províncias''. On 14 August 2024, Angola's [[National Assembly (Angola)|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>{{cite news |url=https://mpla.ao/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Lei14.24de5deSetembro.pdf |title=Lei n.° 14/24 de 5 de Setembro |date=5 September 2024 |issue=171 |pages=9800–10505 |newspaper=Diário da República |publisher=[[Government of Angola]] |accessdate=29 December 2024}}</ref> and are expected to become operational in 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last=Manuel |first=Victor |url=https://angop.ao/noticias/grandes-reportagens/angola-novo-ano-novo-mapa/ |title=Angola: Novo ano novo mapa |date=25 December 2024 |publisher=[[ANGOP]] |accessdate=29 December 2024}}</ref> The current provinces are tabulated below:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 
|-bgcolor=#ACE1AF
!Location
!Province
!Capital
!Area (km<sup>2</sup>) <ref>[http://www.geohive.com/cntry/angola.aspx http://www.geohive.com/cntry/angola.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930004212/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/angola.aspx |date=2016-09-30 }}</ref>
!Population <br> (2014 Census)<ref name =Censo2014>{{cite web|url=https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Populacao_Sociedade/Estudos_tematicos/PUBLICACAO_RESULTADOS_DEFINITIVOS_DO_CENSO_2014.pdf |title=Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação - 2014 |access-date=3 May 2020 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola| df=dmy }}</ref>
!Population density (per km<sup>2</sup> in 2014)
!Region
|-
|[[File:Bengo in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Bengo Province|Bengo]]
|[[Caxito]]
|align="right"|31,371
|align="right"|356,641
|11.4
|Greater Luanda
|-
|[[File:Benguela in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Benguela Province|Benguela]]
|[[Benguela]]
|align="right"|31,788
|align="right"|2,231,385
|70.2
|Central
|-
|[[File:Bié in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Bié Province|Bié]]
|[[Cuíto]]
|align="right"|70,314
|align="right"|1,455,255
|20.7
|Central
|-
|[[File:Cabinda in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Cabinda Province|Cabinda]]
|[[Cabinda (city)|Cabinda]]
|align="right"|7,270
|align="right"|716,076
|98.5
|North
|-
|[[File:Cuando in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Cuando Province|Cuando]]
|[[Mavinga]]
|align="right"|?
|align="right"|98,419
|?
|East
|-
|[[File:Cubango in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Cubango Province|Cubango]]
|[[Menongue]]
|align="right"|?
|align="right"|435,583
|?
|East
|-
|[[File:Cuanza Norte in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Cuanza Norte Province|Cuanza Norte]]
|[[N'dalatando]]
|align="right"|24,190
|align="right"|443,386
|18.3
|Greater Luanda
|-
|[[File:Cuanza Sul in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Cuanza Sul Province|Cuanza Sul]]
|[[Sumbe]]
|align="right"|55,660
|align="right"|1,881,873
|33.8
|Central
|-
|[[File:Cunene in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Cunene Province|Cunene]]
|[[Ondjiva]]
|align="right"|89,342
|align="right"|990,087
|11.1
|South West
|-
|[[File:Huambo in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Huambo Province|Huambo]]
|[[Huambo]]
|align="right"|34,274
|align="right"|2,019,555
|58.9
|Central
|-
|[[File:Huila in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Huíla Province|Huíla]]
|[[Lubango]]
|align="right"|75,002
|align="right"|2,497,422
|33.3
|South West
|-
|[[File:Icolo e Bengo in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Icolo e Bengo Province|Icolo e Bengo]]
|[[Catete, Ícolo e Bengo|Catete]]
|align="right"|?
|align="right"|?
|?
|Greater Luanda
|-
|[[File:Luanda in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Luanda Province|Luanda]]
|[[Luanda]]
|align="right"|18,283
|align="right"|6,945,386
|379.9
|Greater Luanda
|-
|[[File:Lunda Norte in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Lunda Norte Province|Lunda Norte]]
|[[Dundo]]
|align="right"|102,783
|align="right"|862,566
|8.4
|East
|-
|[[File:Lunda Sul in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Lunda Sul Province|Lunda Sul]]
|[[Saurimo]]
|align="right"|45,649
|align="right"|537,587
|11.8
|East
|-
|[[File:Malanje in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Malanje Province|Malanje]]
|[[Malanje]]
|align="right"|97,602
|align="right"|986,363
|10.1
|North
|-
|[[File:Moxico in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Moxico Province|Moxico]]
|[[Luena, Moxico Province|Luena]]
|align="right"|223,023
|align="right"|758,568
|3.4
|East
|-
|[[File:Moxico Leste in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Moxico Leste Province|Moxico Leste]]
|[[Cazombo]]
|align="right"|73,141
|align="right"|318,582
|?
|East
|-
|[[File:Namibe in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Namibe Province|Namibe]]
|[[Moçâmedes]]
|align="right"|58,137
|align="right"|495,326
|8.5
|South West
|-
|[[File:Uíge in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Uíge Province|Uíge]]
|[[Uíge]]
|align="right"|58,698
|align="right"|1,483,118
|25.3
|North
|-
|[[File:Zaire in Angola (2024).svg|100px]]
|[[Zaire Province|Zaire]]
|[[M'banza-Kongo]]
|align="right"|40,130
|align="right"|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.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998 |author= Gwillim Law |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |location=US |isbn=0786407298 |chapter=Angola |pages=27–29 |year=1999 }}

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