Luanda (province)
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Provinces of Angola
Angola is divided into eighteen provinces:-See also:* ISO 3166-2:AO, the ISO codes for Angola....
of Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
. It has an area of 2,257 km² and a population of 1,823,282 in 2006. Luanda
Luanda
Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...
is the capital of the province and the country. Municipalities in Luanda Province include Cacuaco
Cacuaco
Cacuaco is a municipality in Luanda Province, Angola. It is a suburb of the capital, Luanda. It has a population of 600,000 and is the site of transmission for the Marburg virus.- Transport :...
, Viana
Viana, Angola
Viana is a suburb of Luanda, Angola, in Luanda Province. It is home to about 6,000 long-term refugees, primarily from Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Viana is about a 90 minute drive from downtown Luanda...
, Cazenga
Cazenga
Cazenga is a municipality in Luanda Province, Angola. It has a population of 425 000 inhabitants. It is also divided into three communes, namely Tala-Hady, Cazenga-Popular and Hoji-ya-Henda.- References :...
, Ingombota
Ingombota
Ingombota is one of nine counties that constitute the urban city of Luanda the capital city of Angola.Ingombota has 9.6 square kilometers and about 370 000 inhabitants...
, Kilamba Kiaxi
Kilamba Kiaxi
Kilamba Kiaxi is one of nine municipalities which make up the metropolitan region of Angola's capital Luanda. It belongs to Luanda , Angola....
, Maianga, Rangel
Rangel (Angola)
Rangel is one of nine municipalities, which form the metropolitan area of the Angolan capital of Luanda, in the Luanda Province.Rangel has an area of 6.2 square kilometres and about 261 000 inhabitants . It is bordered to the west by the municipalities of Ingombota, north by Sambizanga, the east...
, Samba
Samba, Angola
Samba is a municipality in Luanda Province, Angola....
and Sambizanga.
External links
- Official government page (in Portuguese)
- Angola.uk.org
- City of Luanda Portal