Cuanza Norte Province

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox settlement Template:Coord The Cuanza Norte Province (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is province of Angola. N'dalatando is the capital and the province has an area of 24,110 km2 and a population of 443,386.<ref name =Censo2014>Template:Cite web</ref> Manuel Pedro Pacavira was born here and is a former provincial governor. The 1,400 meter long Capanda Dam is located in this province.Template:Sfn Cuanza Norte lies on the northern bank of the Cuanza River. It had been a territory of Ngola Kingdom. In 1914, Norton de Matos created District of Cuanza which was divided into Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul Provinces in 1917.<ref name="Press">Template:Cite web</ref>

Cambambe, Cuanza Norte Province

It was badly affected during the Angolan Civil War.<ref name="Press" /> It has many mines left over from the Civil War and contracts to clear them were given to several organisations.Template:Sfn During the civil war, the insurgents made the province part of the central zone.Template:Sfn On 5 April 2001, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola members attacked Samba Caju and killed 120 FAA members. The province's military commander, General Recordacao was also killed in the attack.Template:Sfn

The most spoken languages are Kimbundu.Template:Sfn Mbundu people inhabit the province.Template:Sfn Template:Sfn Sugarcane and coffee are the most important agricultural crops. Their production is favoured by the tropical humid climate of the province.Template:Sfn

Municipalities

The province of Cuanza Norte contains ten municipalities (Template:Langx):<ref name="embassy">Template:Cite web</ref>

Município Capital<ref name="geohive-kuanza-norte">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="geohive-bengo">Template:Cite web</ref> Area (km2)<ref name="geohive-kuanza-norte" /><ref name="geohive-bengo" /> Pop. (2006 est)<ref name="geohive-kuanza-norte" /><ref name="geohive-bengo" />
Ambaca Camabatela 3,080 123,244
Banga Banga 1,260 23,284
Bolongongo Bolongongo 1,061 31,288
Cambambe Dondo 5,212 91,984
Cazengo N'Dalatando 1,793 109,256
Golungo Alto Golungo Alto 1,989 69,918
Ngonguembo Ngonguembo 1,400 37,405
Lucala Lucala 1,718 41,792
Quiculungo Quiculungo 475 30,152
Samba Cajú Samba Cajú 2,012 95,638

Some sources show the following three municipalities in Bengo Province:

Município Capital<ref name="geohive-kuanza-norte"/><ref name="geohive-bengo"/> Area (km2)<ref name="geohive-kuanza-norte" /><ref name="geohive-bengo" /> Pop. (2006 est)<ref name="geohive-kuanza-norte" /><ref name="geohive-bengo" />
Bula-Atumba<ref name="geohive-bengo" /> Bula 3,604 56,718
Dembos,<ref name="geohive-bengo" /><ref name="info-angola">Template:Cite web</ref> Quibaxe 2,444 58,941
Pango-Aluquém<ref name="geohive-bengo" /><ref name="info-angola" /> Pango 2,754 45,680

While others list those three in Cuanza Norte (Kwanza Norte) Province.<ref name="embassy" />

Communes

The province of Cuanza Norte contains the following communes (Template:Langx); sorted by their respective municipalities:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

List of governors of Cuanza Norte

Name Years in office
José Congo Sebastião 1976–1977
Lourenço José Fereira Diandengue 1977–1979
Evaristo Domingos Kimba 1979–1980
Noé da Silva Saúde 1980–1986
Paulo Teixeira Jorge 1986–1989
Francisco Vieira Dias 1989–1991
Manuel Pedro Pacavira 1991–2004
Henrique André Júnior 2004–2016
José Maria Ferraz dos Santos 2016–2019
Adriano Mendes de Carvalho 2019–

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