Ícolo e Bengo explained

Icolo e Bengo
Native Name Lang:pt
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:166
Pushpin Map:Angola
Pushpin Label:Icolo e Bengo
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Angola
Coordinates:-9.25°N 57°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Angola
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Luanda
Area Total Km2:3059
Population Total:81144
Population As Of:2014 Census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:43
Utc Offset:+1

Ícolo e Bengo (English: Icolo and Bengo[2])is a city council (município[3] or municipality) in the province of Luanda in Angola. It had a population of 81,144 in 2014.[4]

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.[5]

Geography

Overview

It covers an area of and its estimated population as of 2019 is 131,268.[6]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e da Habitação – 2014 Província de Luanda . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. dmy .
  2. Web site: Reference Center: Provinces . Angolan Embassy in the United States . https://web.archive.org/web/20060211115650/http://www.angola.org/referenc/provinces.html . 11 Feb 2006.
  3. Web site: City councils of Angola . Statoids . 6 Apr 2009.
  4. Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e da Habitação – 2014 Província de Luanda . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. dmy .
  5. News: Obras dão vida à vila de Catete. Portuguese. Public works give life to Catete city. Jornal de Angola. Luanda, Angola. Pedro Bica. 3 April 2012. 4 April 2012.
  6. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/ Citypopulation.de