Dande is a municipality in the

Bengo Province Bengo is a Provinces of Angola, 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 L ...

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, with its seat in the city of

Caxito Caxito is a town, with a population of 55,000 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Dande, province of Bengo, Angola. It is also the capital of the province. Transportation The northern line of Angolan Railways passes through the to ...

. It is the capital municipality of the said province. In 2014, it had 217,929 inhabitants. It is bordered to the north by the municipalities of

Ambriz Ambriz is a village and municipality in Bengo Province, Angola. It is located 127 km from the town of Caxito. It borders the municipality of N'zeto, Zaire Province, to the north and the municipality of Dande to the south. Demographics T ...

and

Nambuangongo Nambuangongo is a municipality in the Bengo Province of Angola, with its seat in the city of Muxaluando. History During the Angolan War of Independence, one of the most notable episodes of the conflict occurred in this municipality when, on Ma ...

, to the east by the municipalities of

Dembos Dembos is a municipality in the Bengo Province of Angola. The municipal seat is the city of Quibaxe. In 2014, it had a population of 28,202. It is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Nambuangongo and Quitexe, to the east by the muni ...

and Pango Aluquém, to the south by the municipalities of Cambambe and

Ícolo e Bengo Ícolo e Bengo (English language, English: Icolo and Bengo) was a former Municipalities of Angola, municipality in the provinces of Angola, province of Luanda Province, Luanda in Angola. It had a population of 81,144 in 2014. It was disestablished ...

, and to the west by the municipality of

Cacuaco Cacuaco is a city and one of the nine municipalities that make up the Luanda Province, province of Luanda. A suburb of the capital, Luanda, it has a population of 1,279,488 (2019). Administrative divisions The Municipality of Cacuaco is made up ...

and the

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. The municipality consists of the central commune, corresponding to the city of Caxito, and the communes of

Barra do Dande Barra do Dande is a town, with a population of 75,000 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Dande, province of Bengo, Angola. It is located at the mouth of the Dande River. The government plans to build a deep-water port at Barra do Dan ...

, Mabubas, Quicabo, and Úcua.

Culture and Leisure

Within the municipal territory, the Quianda Festival is held at the Ibendoa Lagoon, associated with the worship of Quianda.

Subdivisions

Dande comprises seven communes as follows. *

* Mabubas *

Kikabo Quicabo or Kikabo is a town and commune in the municipality of Dande Dande is a municipality in the Bengo Province of Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern A ...

* Úcua

References

Populated places in Bengo Province Municipalities of Angola {{Angola-geo-stub

Culture and Leisure

Subdivisions

See also

References