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thumb|upright=1.2|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, and are expected to become operational in 2025. The current provinces are tabulated below:

{| class="wikitable sortable"

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!Location

!Province

!Capital

!Area (km<sup>2</sup>)

!Population <br> (2024)

!Population density (per km<sup>2</sup> in 2022)

|-

|100px

|Bengo

|Caxito

|align="right"|20,300

|align="right"|716,335

|35.29

|-

|100px

|Benguela

|Benguela

|align="right"|39,124

|align="right"|2,597,638

|66.40

|-

|100px

|Bié

|Cuíto

|align="right"|70,745

|align="right"|2,264,874

|32.01

|-

|100px

|Cabinda

|Cabinda

|align="right"|7,290

|align="right"|903,370

|123.92

|-

|100px

|Cuando

|Mavinga

|align="right"|109,346

|align="right"|138,770

|1.27

|-

|100px

|Cuanza Norte

|N'dalatando

|align="right"|20,426

|align="right"|659,097

|32.27

|-

|100px

|Cuanza Sul

|Sumbe

|align="right"|55,554

|align="right"|2,327,981

|41.90

|-

|100px

|Cubango

|Menongue

|align="right"|91,466

|align="right"|570,447

|6.24

|-

|100px

|Cunene

|Ondjiva

|align="right"|77,156

|align="right"|1,806,417

|23.41

|-

|100px

|Huambo

|Huambo

|align="right"|33,296

|align="right"|2,691,902

|80.85

|-

|100px

|Huíla

|Lubango

|align="right"|78,897

|align="right"|3,302,866

|41.86

|-

|100px

|Icolo e Bengo

|Catete

|align="right"|17,223

|align="right"|1,372,670

|79.65

|-

|100px

|Luanda

|Luanda

|align="right"|1,655

|align="right"|8,816,297

|5327.07

|-

|100px

|Lunda Norte

|Dundo

|align="right"|99,197

|align="right"|1,742,217

|17.56

|-

|100px

|Lunda Sul

|Saurimo

|align="right"|82,443

|align="right"|893,936

|10.84

|-

|100px

|Malanje

|Malanje

|align="right"|87,136

|align="right"|1,298,250

|14.90

|-

|100px

|Moxico

|Luena

|align="right"|126,432

|align="right"|574,253

|4.54

|-

|100px

|Moxico Leste

|Cazombo

|align="right"|75,421

|align="right"|411,074

|5.45

|-

|100px

|Namibe

|Moçâmedes

|align="right"|57,170

|align="right"|815,708

|14.27

|-

|100px

|Uíge

|Uíge

|align="right"|62,920

|align="right"|2,017,921

|32.07

|-

|100px

|Zaire

|M'banza-Kongo

|align="right"|37,327

|align="right"|682,658

|18.29

|}

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