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, and are expected to become operational in 2025. The current provinces are tabulated below: + LocationProvinceCapitalArea (km2)Population (2024)Population density (per km2 in 2022)BengoCaxito20,300716,33535.29BenguelaBenguela39,1242,597,63866.40BiéCuíto70,7452,264,87432.01CabindaCabinda7,290903,370123.92CuandoMavinga109,346138,7701.27Cuanza NorteN'dalatando20,426659,09732.27Cuanza SulSumbe55,5542,327,98141.90CubangoMenongue91,466570,4476.24CuneneOndjiva77,1561,806,41723.41HuamboHuambo33,2962,691,90280.85HuílaLubango78,8973,302,86641.86Icolo e BengoCatete17,2231,372,67079.65LuandaLuanda1,6558,816,2975327.07Lunda NorteDundo99,1971,742,21717.56Lunda SulSaurimo82,443893,93610.84MalanjeMalanje87,1361,298,25014.90MoxicoLuena126,432574,2534.54Moxico LesteCazombo75,421411,0745.45NamibeMoçâmedes57,170815,70814.27UígeUíge62,9202,017,92132.07ZaireM'banza-Kongo37,327682,65818.29
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
Bibliography