Ícolo e Bengo

Ícolo e Bengo (English: Icolo and Bengo[2]) is a city council (município[2][3] or municipality) in the province of Luanda in Angola. It had a population of 81,144 in 2014.[1]

Ícolo e Bengo
Municipality
Agostinho Neto Cultural Center in Catete
Ícolo e Bengo (red) in Bengo province (yellow)
Ícolo e Bengo
Location in Angola
Coordinates: 09°15′S 013°44′E
Country Angola
ProvinceLuanda
Area
 • Total3,059 km2 (1,181 sq mi)
Population
 (2014 Census)[1]
 • Total81,144
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

History

As per decree 29/11, of 1 September 2011, which moved this municipality, along with the municipality of Quiçama from Bengo Province to Luanda Province. The others being Luanda, Belas, Cazenga, Cacuaco, Viana and Quiçama. The transfer documents were signed on 2 April 2012 in Catete by the governors of Luanda Province, Bento Bento, and João Miranda, of Bengo Province, in the presence of the minister for territorial administration, Bornito de Sousa.[4]

Geography

Overview

It covers an area of 3,059 square kilometres (1,181 sq mi) and its estimated population as of 2019 is 131,268.[5]

Icolo e Bengo is bordered to the north and south respectively by the municipalities of Dande and Quiçama (in Bengo and Luanda provinces respectively), to the east by the municipality of Cambambe (Cuanza Norte province), and to the west by the municipalities of Viana and Cacuaco (both in Luanda province).

Administrative Division

The municipality, with the seat in Catete, is divided into five comunas (communes), as follows:

Personalities

References
  1. "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e da Habitação – 2014 Província de Luanda" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. "Reference Center: Provinces". Angolan Embassy in the United States. Archived from the original on 11 Feb 2006.
  3. "City councils of Angola". Statoids. Retrieved 6 Apr 2009.
  4. Pedro Bica (3 April 2012). "Obras dão vida à vila de Catete" [Public works give life to Catete city] (in Portuguese). Luanda, Angola: Jornal de Angola. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  5. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces and municipalities in Angola

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