Ícolo e Bengo (

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: Icolo and Bengo) is a

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(''município'' or

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) in the

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 outsi ...

Luanda Luanda () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major Angola#Economy, industrial, Angola#Culture, cultural and Angola#Demographics, urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atl ...

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. It had a population of 81,144 in 2014.

History

As per decree 29/11, of 1 September 2011, which moved this municipality, along with the municipality of

Quiçama Quiçama (Portuguese spelling), Quissama or Kisama (Bantu spelling) is one of the nine ''municípios'' (city council or municipality) that make up the province of Luanda, as per the new administrative division of the province (the others being, L ...

from

Bengo Province Bengo is a province of Angola. Its capital is Caxito. It has an area of 31,371 square kilometres, and its population as of the 2014 Census was 356,641. The province was created in 1980 by dividing the original province of Luanda into Bengo ...

Luanda Province Luanda is a province of Angola. It covers an area of 18,835 km2, and had a population of 6,945,386 at the Census of 16 May 2014. The latest official estimate (for 2019) is 8,247,688.Instituto Nacional de Estatístiica, República de Angola. The ...

. The others being

, Belas, Cazenga,

Cacuaco Cacuaco is a city and one of the nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda. A suburb of the capital, Luanda Luanda () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its majo ...

, Viana and

. The transfer documents were signed on 2 April 2012 in Catete by the governors of

, Bento Bento, and

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, of

, in the presence of the minister for territorial administration, Bornito de Sousa.

Geography

Overview

It covers an

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of and its estimated

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as of 2019 is 131,268.Citypopulation.de
Population of provinces and municipalities in Angola Icolo e Bengo is bordered to the north and south respectively by the municipalities of

Dande Dande, with its capital at Barra do Dande, is a municipality in Bengo Province in Angola. Subdivisions Dande comprises seven communes as follows. * Caxito * Barra do Dande * Mabubas * Kikabo * Úcua Úcua is a town and commune in the muni ...

and

(in Bengo and Luanda provinces respectively), to the east by the municipality of

Cambambe Cambambe is a municipality in Cuanza Norte Province in Angola. It is the site of a hydroelectric dam on the Cuanza River. Cambambe also contains ruins from the 17th-century Portuguese settlement of the area, including the Church of Nossa Senh ...

(

Cuanza Norte 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 i ...

province), and to the west by the municipalities of Viana and

(both in

province).

Administrative Division

The municipality, with the seat in Catete, is divided into five ''comunas'' (

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), as follows: * Catete * Bom Jesus * Cabiri * Caculo Cahango * Calomboloca

Personalities

Agostinho Neto António Agostinho da Silva Neto (17 September 1922 – 10 September 1979) was an Angolan politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, having led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) ...

(1922-1979), 1st President of Angola

References

External links

Municipalities in Luanda Populated places in Luanda Province {{Angola-geo-stub