Malanje is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

Angola , national_anthem = "Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordinat ...

. It has an area of 97,602 km² and a 2014 census population of 986,363. Malanje is the provincial capital.

Geography

The Malanje Province is located in the north of Angola, the provincial capital and largest town of Malanje located by road east of the national capital of

Luanda Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seapo ...

. It is bordered to the northwest by Uige Province, to the northeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the east by Lunda Norte Province and

Lunda Sul Province :''Lunda Sul Province is not to be confused with Luanda Sul, a satellite city of Luanda, the capital of Angola.'' Lunda Sul ("South Lunda") is a province of Angola. It has an area of 77,637 km² and a 2014 census population of 537,587. Sau ...

, to the south by

Bié Province Bié is a province of Angola located on the Bié Plateau in central part of country. Its capital is Kuito, which was called Silva Porto until independence from Portugal in 1975. The province has an area of and a population of 1,455,255 in 2014 ...

and

Cuanza Sul Province Cuanza Sul Province ("South Cuanza"; Umbundu: Kwanza Kombuelo Volupale) is a province of Angola. It has an area of and a population of 1,881,873. Sumbe is the capital of the province. Don founded the province in 1769 as Novo Redondo. Histo ...

, and in the west by

Cuanza Norte Province The Cuanza Norte Province ( en, North Cuanza; umb, Konano Kwanza Volupale) 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. Manuel Pedro Pacavira was born here and ...

. The extreme north of the province is covered with savannah, while the southern part is largely dry savannah. The main rivers are the

Cuanza River The Kwanza River, also known as the Coanza, the Quanza, and the Cuanza, is one of the longest rivers in Angola. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean just south of the national capital Luanda. Geography The river is navigable for about from its ...

in the southwest and

Kwango River The Cuango or Kwango ( pt, Rio Cuango) is a transboundary river of Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the largest left bank tributary of the Kasai River in the Congo River basin. It flows through Malanje in Angola. The Kwango Riv ...

in the northeast, and there is a mountainous area known as the Malanje Plateau. The Cuije River and Cuanza flow in the vicinity of

Cangandala National Park Cangandala National Park is a national park in Malanje Province, Angola. It is situated between the Cuije river and 2 unnamed territories of the Cuanza, with the towns of Culamagia and Techongolola on the edges of the park. It is the smalle ...

. Large areas north and southeast of the city of Malanje have been declared protected areas. Of note is the Milando Reserve Park (Reserva Especial do Milando) in the north and the Reserva Natural Integral do Luando at the headwaters of Cuanza.

Municipalities

The province of Malanje consists of fourteen

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

( pt, municípios): * Cacuso *

Calandula Calandula (pre-1975: ''Duque de Bragança''), also spelled ''Kalandula'' is a town and Municipalities of Angola, municipality in Malanje Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 80,415 in 2014. See also *Kalandula Falls Referen ...

Cambundi-Catembo Cambundi-Catembo (pre-1975: ''Nova Gaia'') is a town and municipality, with a population of 46,312 (2014 census), in Malanje Province in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption ...

* Cangandala * Caombo * Cuaba Nzoji *

Kunda-dia-Base Kunda-dia-Base is a town and municipality in Malanje Province in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion ...

* Luquembo * Malanje *

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* Massango *

Mucari Mucari is a town and municipality in Malanje Province in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , ...

Quela Quela is a town and municipality in Malanje Province in Angola. The municipality has 20,949 inhabitants in 2014. It is bounded to the north by the municipalities of Caombo and Kunda-dia-Base, to the east by the municipality of Xá-Muteba, to ...

Quirima Quirima (or Kirima) is a town and municipality in the province of Malanje (Malange) in Angola. It covers an area of and its population as of 2014 is 21,134 inhabitants. Quirima is bordered to the north by the municipality of Cambundi-Catem ...

Communes

The province of Malanje contains the following 66

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( pt, comunas); sorted by their respective municipalities: * Cacuso Municipality: – Cacuso,

Lombe Lombe is a town in Angola in Malanje Province. Namesakes There are other towns with this name in Cuanza Sul Province and Zaire Province. Transport Lombe is served by a station on the Luanda Railways. See also * Railway stations in Angola ...

Pungo-Andongo Pungo-Andongo is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Malanje Malanje is the capital city of Malanje Province in Angola, with a population of 455,000 (2014 census), and a municipality, with a population of 506,847 (2014 ce ...

, Quizenga (Kizenga), Soqueco (Sokeko) * Calandula Municipality: –

, Cateco-Cangola (Kateco-Kangola), Cota (Kota), Cuale, Quinje * Cambundi-Catembo Municipality: –

, Dumba Cambango,

Quitapa Quitapa is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Malanje. See also * Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are administrative units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola are ...

Tala Mungongo Tala Mungongo is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Malanje. See also * Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are administrative units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angol ...

* Cangandala Municipality: –

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, Cangandala, Caribo (Karibo), Culamagia * Caombo Municipality: – Bange-Angola, Cambo Suinginge, Caombo, Micanda * Cuaba Nzoji Municipality: – Cuaba Nzoji, Mufuma * Kunda-dia-Base Municipality: –

Kunda-dia-Base Kunda-dia-Base is a town and municipality in Malanje Province in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion ...

(Cunda-dia-Baze), Lemba, Milando * Luquembo Municipality: –

Capunda Capunda is a town and commune of Angola , located in the province of Malanje. See also * Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are administrative units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola are ...

, Cunga Palanga, Dombo, Luquembo, Quimbango, Rimba * Malanje Municipality: – Cambaxe (Kambaxe), Malanje, Ngola-Luije (Nugola-Luije) * Marimba Municipality: – Cabombo-Lumai,

Tembo-Aluma Tembo-Aluma is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Malanje. See also * Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are administrative units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola ...

* Massango Municipality: – Massango, Quihuhu, Quinguengue * Mucari Municipality: –

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, Caxinga,

Mucari Mucari is a town and municipality in Malanje Province in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , ...

-Caculama, Muquixe (Mikixi) * Quela Municipality: – Bângalas (Missão dos Bangalas),

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Xandele Xandele is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Malanje. See also * Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are administrative units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola are ...

* Quirima Municipality: –

, Sautar

Economy

The province is predominantly agricultural. The most intensively used area in the province of Malanje is the area around the provincial capital, where

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor pe ...

and sugarcane are the most important industries. The cotton industry was once of vital importance to the national economy, but the years of the Angola Civil War have badly stagnated it. Agriculture in Malanje Province is gradually taking off again, and numerous international investors have been involved, including US$30 million from Brazil to develop the maize and sugarcane industry in the Pungo Andongo area. Malanje Province is also a producer of

cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated ...

sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato ('' Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable. The young ...

es,

peanut The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small an ...

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...

soybean The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (''Glycine max'') is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses. Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu ...

sunflower The common sunflower (''Helianthus annuus'') is a large annual forb of the genus ''Helianthus'' grown as a crop for its edible oily seeds. Apart from cooking oil production, it is also used as livestock forage (as a meal or a silage plant), ...

s and various vegetables. The province also has significant reserves of

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manganese Manganese is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is a hard, brittle, silvery metal, often found in minerals in combination with iron. Manganese is a transition metal with a multifaceted array of ...

(with 4,682 metric tons exported in 1973),

uranium Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weak ...

and

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Tourism has become more important, largely due to its diverse natural attractions, including the

Kalandula Falls Calandula Falls (formerly known as Duque de Bragança Falls) are waterfalls in the municipality of Calandula, Malanje Province, Angola. On the Lucala River, the falls are high and wide. They are one of the largest waterfalls by volume in Afr ...

, the black rock formation of Pungo Andongo, two nature reserves and the

. Cangandala National Park, the smallest national park in the country, was originally established under Portuguese rule in 1963 to protect the

Giant Sable Antelope The giant sable antelope or royal sable antelope (''Hippotragus niger variani''), also known in Portuguese as the ''palanca-negra-gigante'', is a large, rare subspecies of the sable antelope native and endemic to the region between the Cuango an ...

, before being declared a national park on 25 June 1970.

List of governors of Malanje

References

External links

Official website of province governor

Information on this province at the Angolan ministry for territorial administration

Information on this province at ''Info Angola''

Province geographical info at geoview.info
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