Luanda Province

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Província de Luanda
Luanda Province
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Basic data
Country Angola
Capital Luanda
surface 2,417.8 km²
Residents 8,247,688 (2019)
density 3411 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 AO-LUA
Website www.luanda.gov.ao ( Portuguese )
politics
governor Graciano Domingos
Political party MPLA
Fishermen near Cabo Ledo, around 100 km south of Luanda
Fishermen near Cabo Ledo , around 100 km south of Luanda

Coordinates: 8 ° 48 ′  S , 13 ° 32 ′  E

Luanda is a province in Angola with an area of ​​2,417.78 km² and a population of 8,247,688 people (2019 estimate). The 2014 census showed 6,945,386 inhabitants. Luanda is the capital of the province of the same name and also the capital of Angola . The Quiçama National Park, with an area of ​​around 10,000 km², is located in the province of Luanda .

The province is made up of seven districts ( Municípios ):

Until the administrative reorganization in 2011, the districts of Ingombota , Maianga , Rangel , Samba and Sambizanga also belonged to the province. The districts were then dissolved and incorporated as communities (Comunas) into the newly created Luanda district. The two districts Ícolo e Bengo and Quiçama, however, belonged to the province of Bengo until 2011 .

Web links

Commons : Province of Luanda  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Graciano Domingos é o novo Governador de Luanda , rtp.pt, accessed on October 9, 2015 (Portuguese)
  2. ^ Angola: Administrative Division citypopulation.de , accessed June 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ Censo 2014 info-angola.com p. 32 (PDF), accessed on June 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ Article of July 25, 2011 on the new administrative structure of Luanda , newspaper O País , accessed on April 29, 2014