Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

is divided into twenty-one provinces, known in Portuguese as ''províncias''. On 14 August 2024, Angola's

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

approved a law to create three new provinces: * Cuando Cubango Province was divided into Cuando Province and Cubango Province; *

Icolo e Bengo Province Icolo e Bengo is a province of Angola. It was created on 5 September 2024 from Luanda Province. Its capital is Catete. Geography and climate Icolo e Bengo borders the Angolan provinces of Luanda to the northwest, Bengo to the north, Cuanza Nor ...

was separated from

Luanda Province Luanda is a province of Angola. It used to cover an area of 18,835 km2, and had a population of 6,945,386 at the Census of 16 May 2014. The city of Luanda is the capital of the province and Angola. It serves as the country's primary port, cultur ...

; and * Moxico Leste Province was separated from

Moxico Province Moxico (Portuguese spelling) or Moshiko (Bantu spelling) is the largest Provinces of Angola, province of Angola. It used to have an area of , which corresponded to 18% of the landmass of Angola. The province has a population of 758,568 accordin ...

. This law went into effect with its publication in the official gazette of Angola on 5 September 2024, and are expected to become operational in 2025. The current provinces are tabulated below:

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