Luanda Province


Luanda is a province of Angola. It covers an area of 18,835 sq.km, and had a population of 6,945,386 at the Census of 16 May 2014. The latest official estimate is 8,247,688.
The city of Luanda is the capital of the province and the country of Angola. Serving as the country's primary port, cultural and urban centre and occupying 44.8 square miles.

Administration

In 2011 Luanda Province was subdivided into seven municipalities, namely, Luanda, Belas, Cacuaco, Cazenga, Icolo e Bengo, Quiçama and Viana. In November 2016, another two municipalities were added, Talatona and Kilamba-Kiaxi respectively, giving the province 9 municipalities, 41 urban districts, and 14 communes.

History

The original prewar Luanda Province grew in size during the 20th century due to the urbanization of Angola. It was divided into the provinces of Luanda and Bengo in 1980.
The new reform of 2011 moved the municipalities Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama from Bengo to Luanda Province, so as the province has 3 neighboring ones instead of being surrounded by Bengo. The administrative reform significantly increased the land area of Luanda Province. It formerly had an area of and a reported population of 6,542,942 in 2014, before accounting for reorganization Despite this, the city occupied, or less than five percent of the total area of the former province.

Profile

Governors of the Luanda Province have included: Francisca Espírito Santo, Jose Maria dos Santos, and Graciano Francisco Domingos.
The province has created the Instituto de Planeamento e Gestão Urbana de Luanda as an independent organ for urban planning of the province.

Geography

Municipalities

NameArea in
km2		Population
Census
2014		Population
Estimate
2019
Belas1,0461,071,0461,271,854
Cacuaco3121,077,4381,279,488
Cazenga37880,6391,045,722
Ícolo e Bengo3,059110,428131,268
Luanda1162,165,8672,571,861
Quiçama13,90039,37346,808
Viana6931,600,5941,900,688

Two new municipalities have been created since 2017: Talatona and Kilamba-Kiaxi

List of Governors of Luanda

NameYears in office
Pedro Fortunato Luís Manuel * 1976–1977
Afonso Van-Dunem Mbinda * 1977–1978
Agostinho André Mendes de Carvalho * 1979–1980
Francisco Romão de Oliveira e Silva * 1980–1981
Evaristo Domingos Kimba * 1981–1983
Mariano da Costa Garcia de Puku * 1983–1986
Cristovão Francisco da Cunha * 1986–1988
Luís Gonzaga Wawuty * 1988–1991
Kundi Paihama 1991–1993
Rui Óscar de Carvalho 1993–1994
Justino José Fernandes 1994–1997
José Aníbal Lopes Rocha 1997–2002
Simão Mateus Paulo 2002–2004
Job Pedro Castelo Capapinha 2004–2008
Francisca do Espírito Santos 2008–2010
José Maria Ferraz dos Santos 2010–2011
Bento Joaquim Sebastião Francisco Bento 2012–2014
Graciano Francisco Domingos 2015–2016
Francisco Higino Lopes Carneiro 2016–2017
Adriano Mendes de Carvalho 2017–2019
Sérgio Luther Rescova Joaquim 2019–

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