Zaire Province

Zaire
Basic data
Country	Angola
Capital	M'banza Congo
surface	40,130 km²
Residents	698,500 (2019)
density	17 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	AO-ZAI
Website	www.zaire.gov.ao ( Portuguese )
politics
Governador	José Joana André

Coordinates: 6 ° 26 '  S , 14 ° 8'  E

Zaire is a province of the African state Angola . The province is located in the northwest of the country, on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the former state of Zaire.

geography

The province of Zaire extends on the Atlantic coast north of Luanda between the Loge rivers in the south and the mouth of the Congo in the north. It extends about 300 km inland.

The capital M'Banza Kongo is located in the hilly interior of the province. Other cities are Soyo at the mouth of the Congo, today a center of oil production, Tomboco in the middle of the province, N'Zeto at the mouth of the Mbridge into the Atlantic and Noqui opposite the Congolese border town of Matadi .

administration

The province of Zaire has an area of ​​40,130 km². The capital of the province is M'banza Kongo , which was called São Salvador do Congo in Portuguese under colonial administration .

The province is divided into six districts ( Municípios ), which are further structured in 37 municipalities (Comunas).

The counties of the province of Zaire:

• Cuimba
• M'banza Congo
• Noqui
• N'Zeto
• Soyo
• Tomboco

population

Around 700,000 people live in the province of Zaire (2019 estimate). The 2014 census showed 594,428 inhabitants. Almost without exception, the population belongs to the Bakongo ethnic group . The province of Zaire was therefore a stronghold of the FNLA in the 1960s to 1980s . This opposition party, which is now small at the national level, still has a higher share of the vote there than in the rest of the country.

economy

• Oil production
• Mining: phosphates , iron, lead and zinc ores
• Agriculture: cashew nuts , citrus fruits , coffee, palm oil , pineapples, peanuts, rice, soy
• Livestock farming
• Fishing
• Production of building materials

Web links

Commons : Province of Zaire  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the provincial government
• Profile of the province of Zaire on the official website for the 2014 census

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population statistics citypopulation.de , accessed on June 18, 2019.