Bengo Province Explained
| Bengo |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Logo of Bengo Province, Angola.svg |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 200px |
| Mapsize: | 200px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Angola |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Caxito |
| Leader Name: | Mara Baptista Quiosa |
| Leader Title: | Governor |
| Leader Name1: | António Martins |
| Leader Title1: | Vice-Governor for the Political, Economic and Social Sector |
| Leader Name2: | Domingos Guilherme |
| Leader Title2: | Vice-Governor for Technical Services and Infrastructures |
| Area Total Km2: | 31371 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 356641 |
| Population As Of: | 2014 Census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | HDI (2018) |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0.565[2]
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| Iso Code: | AO-BGO |
-8.7833°N 72°WBengo 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.[3] The province was created in 1980 by dividing the original province of Luanda into Bengo and a new smaller province of Luanda.
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.[4]
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:[5]
| Município | Capital[6] | Area (km2) | Pop. (2006 est) |
|---|
| | 4,204 | 16,611 |
| Bula-Atumba[7] | | 3,604 | 56,718 |
| | 6,529 | 82,992 |
| Dembos[8] | | 2,444 | 58,941 |
| | 5,604 | 110,831 |
| | 2,754 | 45,680 | |
Before the territorial reform of 2011
The province of Bengo contained five (5) municipalities (municípios):[9]
| Município | | Area (km2) | Pop. (2006 est) |
|---|
| | 4,204 | 16,611 |
| | 6,529 | 82,992 |
| | 3,819 | 58,830 |
| | 5,604 | 110,831 |
| | 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.
Communes
The province of Bengo contains the following communes (comunas); sorted by their respective municipalities:[10]
- Ambriz Municipality:– Ambriz, Bela Vista, Tabi
- Bula-Atumba Municipality: – Bula Atumba, Quiage (Kiage)
- Dande Municipality: – Barra do Dande, Caxito, Mabubas, Quicabo (Kikabo), Úcua
- Dembos Municipality: – Paredes, Piri, Quibaxe (Kibaxe), São José das Matas
- Nambuangongo Municipality: – Cage (Kage), Canacassala (Kanacassala), Gombe, Muxaluando (Muxiluando), Quicunzo (Kicunzo), Quixico (Kixico), Zala
- Pango-Aluquém Municipality: – Cazuangongo (Kazuangongo), Pango-Aluquém
- Ícolo e Bengo Municipality: – Bom Jesus do Cuanza, Cabiri (Kabiri), Caculo Cahango, Calomboloca (seat: Cassoneca), Catete
- Quiçama Municipality: – Cabo Ledo, Demba Chio, Mumbondo, Muxima, Quixinje (Kixinje)
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[11]) and the first dinosaur fossil skeleton from Angola: the Angolatitan.[12]
List of governors of Bengo
| Name | Years in office |
|---|
| Manuel Lopes Maria aka Xi Mutu | data-sort-value="08" | 1980–1987 |
| Francisco Deolindo da Rosa aka Facho | data-sort-value="02" | 1987–1988 |
| Pedro Benga Lima aka Foguetão | data-sort-value="03" | 1988–1990 |
| António Ventura de Azevedo | data-sort-value="05" | 1990–1994 |
| Domingos Hungo aka SKS | data-sort-value="01" | 1994 |
| Isalino Samuel Mendes | data-sort-value="11" | 1994–2004 |
| Jorge Inocêncio Dombolo | data-sort-value="06" | 2004–2009 |
| data-sort-value="10" | 2009–2018 |
| Mara Baptista Quiosa | data-sort-value="02" | 2018– | |
[13] See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Bengo . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola . dmy . 7 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200807182919/https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Censo_2014/BENGO_PUBLICACAO_RESULTADOS_DEFINITIVOS_VF_03_11_2016_Rev_DG.pdf . dead .
- Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2018-09-13.
- Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Bengo . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola . dmy . 7 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200807182919/https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Censo_2014/BENGO_PUBLICACAO_RESULTADOS_DEFINITIVOS_VF_03_11_2016_Rev_DG.pdf . dead .
- Web site: Lei n.º 29/11 de 1 de Setembro - Alteração da Divisão Político-Administrativa das províncias de Luanda e Bengo . pt. Law to change the politico-administrative divisions of Luanda and Bengo provinces. National Assembly of Angola. 27 July 2011. IPGUL 'Noticias'. 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.
- Web site: Bengo . 20 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120122182029/http://www.info-angola.ao/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=8&Itemid=1133 . 2012-01-22 . dead.
- http://www.geohive.com/cntry/angola.aspx?levels=Bengo Angola Statistics: Bengo
- Web site: Angola Statistics: Bengo . GeoHive . 28 Feb 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091015185416/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/angola.aspx?levels=Bengo . 15 October 2009 . dead .
- Web site: Bengo: Municípios . Info-Angola . 27 Feb 2010 . pt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170322112311/http://www.info-angola.ao/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=38&Itemid=65 . 2017-03-22 .
- 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 February 2006.
- Web site: Bengo: Comunas . Info-Angola . 27 Feb 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170614125535/http://www.info-angola.ao/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=39&Itemid=66 . 14 June 2017 . dead .
- Mateus . Octávio . Jacobs . Louis . Polcyn . Michael . Schulp . Anne S. . Vineyard . Diana . Buta Neto . André . Telles Antunes . Miguel . The Oldest African Eucryptodiran Turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola . Acta Palaeontologica Polonica . December 2009 . 54 . 4 . 581–588 . 10.4202/app.2008.0063. free .
- 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.
- Web site: Histórico dos Governadores . bengo.gov.ao . 3 Mar 2019 . pt . 24 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200524184038/http://www.bengo.gov.ao/Institucionais/Historico.aspx . dead .
