Provinces of Angola

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Angola is divided into twenty-one provinces, known in Portuguese as províncias. On 14 August 2024, Angola's National Assembly approved a law to create three new provinces:

Cuando Cubango Province was divided into Cuando Province and Cubango Province;
Icolo e Bengo Province was separated from Luanda Province; and
Moxico Leste Province was separated from Moxico Province.

This law went into effect with its publication in the official gazette of Angola on 5 September 2024,<ref name=gazette>Template:Cite news</ref> and are expected to become operational in 2025.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The current provinces are tabulated below:


Province	Capital	Area (km²) <ref>http://www.geohive.com/cntry/angola.aspx Template:Webarchive</ref>	Population (2022 projection)<ref name="Censo2014">Template:Cite web</ref>	Population density (per km² in 2022)	Region
Bengo	Caxito	31,371	497,700	15.86	Greater Luanda
Benguela	Benguela	31,788	2,749,300	86.48	Central
Bié	Cuíto	70,314	1,883,100	26.78	Central
Cabinda	Cabinda	7,290	894,300	122.7	North
Cuando	Mavinga	?	98,419	?	East
Cubango	Menongue	?	435,583	?	East
Cuanza Norte	N'dalatando	24,190	443,386	18.3	Greater Luanda
Cuanza Sul	Sumbe	55,660	1,881,873	33.8	Central
Cunene	Ondjiva	89,342	990,087	11.1	South West
Huambo	Huambo	34,274	2,019,555	58.9	Central
Huíla	Lubango	75,002	2,497,422	33.3	South West
Icolo e Bengo	Catete	?	?	?	Greater Luanda
Luanda	Luanda	18,283	6,945,386	379.9	Greater Luanda
Lunda Norte	Dundo	102,783	862,566	8.4	East
Lunda Sul	Saurimo	45,649	537,587	11.8	East
Malanje	Malanje	97,602	986,363	10.1	North
Moxico	Luena	223,023	758,568	3.4	East
Moxico Leste	Cazombo	73,141	318,582	?	East
Namibe	Moçâmedes	58,137	495,326	8.5	South West
Uíge	Uíge	58,698	1,483,118	25.3	North
Zaire	M'banza-Kongo	40,130	594,428	14.8	North