Bengo Province

Bengo is a province of Angola. Its capital is Caxito. It has an area of 31,371 square kilometres, and its population at the 2014 Census was 356,641.[1] The province had been created in 1980 by dividing the original province Luanda into Bengo and the then smaller province Luanda.[3]

Bengo
Province
Bengo, province of Angola
CountryAngola
CapitalCaxito
Government
 • GovernorMara Baptista Quiosa
 • Vice-Governor for the Political, Economic and Social SectorAntónio Martins
 • Vice-Governor for Technical Services and InfrastructuresDomingos Guilherme
Area
 • Total31,371 km2 (12,112 sq mi)
Population
 (2014 Census)[1]
 • Total356,641
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeAO-BGO
HDI (2018)0.565[2]
medium · 6th
Websitewww.bengo.gov.ao

Boat on a beach of Bengo.

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.

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 is divided into six municipalities: Ambriz, Bula-Atumba, Dande, Dembos, Nambuangongo, and Pango Aluquém.[4]

Before the territorial reform of 2011

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

MunicípioCapital[6]Area (km2)[6]Pop. (2006 est)[6]
AmbrizAmbriz4,20416,611
DandeCaxito6,52982,992
Ícolo e BengoCatete3,81958,830
NambuangongoMuxaluando5,604110,831
QuiçamaMuxima12,04629,905

Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama have been moved to Luanda Province in 2011.

Some sources also show the following municipalities in Bengo province: Bula-Atumba,[6] Dembos,[6][7] and Pango-Aluquém,[6][7] while others list those three in Cuanza Norte (Kwanza Norte) province.[5]

Communes

The province of Bengo contains the following communes (comunas):[8]

Natural resources and Geology

Bengo is known by the abundant fishes, with a few fishing communities along the coast. Late Cretaceous fossils are known from this region, including unique turtles (Angolachelys[9]) and the first dinosaur fossil skeleton from Angola: the Angolatitan.[10]

List of Governors of Bengo

[11]

NameYears in office
Manuel Lopes Maria aka Xi Mutu *(8) 1980–1987
Francisco Deolindo da Rosa aka Facho *(2) 1987–1988
Pedro Benga Lima aka Foguetão *(3) 1988–1990
António Ventura de Azevedo *(5) 1990–1994
Domingos Hungo aka SKS(1) 1994
Isalino Samuel Mendes *(11) 1994–2004
Jorge Inocêncio Dombolo(6) 2004–2009
João Bernardo de Miranda(10) 2009–2018
Mara Baptista Quiosa(2) 2018–
  • Up to 1991, the official name was Provincial Commissioner

See also

References
  1. "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Bengo" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. 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. "Reference Center: Provinces". Angolan Embassy in the United States. Archived from the original on 11 February 2006.
  6. Angola Statistics: Bengo Archived 2009-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. GeoHive. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Angola. Instituto Nacional de Segurança Social, Angola.
  7. "Bengo: Municípios". Info-Angola. Archived from the original on 2017-03-22. Retrieved 27 Feb 2010.
  8. "Bengo: Comunas". Info-Angola. Retrieved 27 Feb 2010.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. "Histórico dos Governadores" (in Portuguese). bengo.gov.ao. Retrieved 3 Mar 2019.


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