Bengo Province

Bengo
Province
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Bengo, province of Angola
Bengo, province of Angola
Country Angola
CapitalCaxito
Government
 • GovernorMara Baptista Quiosa
 • Vice-Governor for the Political, Economic and Social SectorAntónio Martins
 • Vice-Governor for Technical Services and InfrastructuresDomingos Guilherme
Area
 • Total
31,371 km2 (12,112 sq mi)
Population
 (2014 Census)[1]
 • Total
356,641
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeAO-BGO
HDI (2018)0.565[2]
medium · 6th
Websitewww.bengo.gov.ao

8°47′S 13°59′E / 8.783°S 13.983°E / -8.783; 13.983

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.[1] The province was created in 1980 by dividing the original province of Luanda into Bengo and a new smaller province of Luanda.[3]

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.[citation needed]

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 .[3]

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:[4]

Município Capital[5] Area (km2)[5] Pop. (2006 est)[5]
Ambriz Ambriz 4,204 16,611
Bula-Atumba[6] Bula 3,604 56,718
Dande Caxito 6,529 82,992
Dembos[6][7] Quibaxe 2,444 58,941
Nambuangongo Muxaluando 5,604 110,831
Pango-Aluquém[6][7] Pango 2,754 45,680

Before the territorial reform of 2011

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

The province of Bengo contained five (5) municipalities (municípios):[8]

Município Capital[5] Area (km2)[5] Pop. (2006 est)[5]
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.[8]

Communes

The province of Bengo contains the following communes (comunas); sorted by their respective municipalities:[9]

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[10]) and the first dinosaur fossil skeleton from Angola: the Angolatitan.[11]

List of governors of Bengo

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–

[12]

Up to 1991, the official name was Provincial Commissioner

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Bengo" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ a b National Assembly of Angola (27 July 2011). "Lei n.º 29/11 de 1 de Setembro - Alteração da Divisão Político-Administrativa das províncias de Luanda e Bengo" [Law to change the politico-administrative divisions of Luanda and Bengo provinces] (PDF) (in Portuguese). IPGUL 'Noticias'. Retrieved 20 March 2012. 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.
  4. ^ "Bengo". Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Angola Statistics: Bengo Archived 2009-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. GeoHive. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Angola. Instituto Nacional de Segurança Social, Angola.
  6. ^ a b c "Angola Statistics: Bengo". GeoHive. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 28 Feb 2010.
  7. ^ a b "Bengo: Municípios" (in Portuguese). Info-Angola. Archived from the original on 2017-03-22. Retrieved 27 Feb 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Reference Center: Provinces". Angolan Embassy in the United States. Archived from the original on 11 February 2006.
  9. ^ "Bengo: Comunas". Info-Angola. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 27 Feb 2010.
  10. ^ Mateus, Octávio; Jacobs, Louis; Polcyn, Michael; Schulp, Anne S.; Vineyard, Diana; Buta Neto, André; Telles Antunes, Miguel (December 2009). "The Oldest African Eucryptodiran Turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 54 (4): 581–588. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0063.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Histórico dos Governadores" (in Portuguese). bengo.gov.ao. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 3 Mar 2019.