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Cuanza Norte Province

Province of Angola

Summary

Province of Angola

Field	Value
name	Cuanza Norte
native_name_lang
settlement_type	Province
image_map	Cuanza Norte in Angola (2024).svg
map_caption	Cuanza Norte, province of Angola
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Angola
seat_type	Capital
seat	N'dalatando
leader_title	Governor
leader_name	Joao Diogo Gaspar
leader_title1	Vice-Governor for the Political, Economical and Social Sector
leader_name1	Constantina Pereira Furtado Machado
leader_title2	Vice-Governor for Technical Services and Infrastructures
leader_name2	Michel Raimundo Luzolo
area_total_km2	24110
population_total	659,097
population_as_of	2024 census
population_density_km2	auto
blank_name_sec1	HDI (2018)
blank_info_sec1	0.533
· 9th of 18
iso_code	AO-CNO
website

· 9th of 18 The Cuanza Norte Province (; ) is province of Angola. N'dalatando is the capital and the province has an area of 24,110 km2 and a population of 659,097 (2024 census). Manuel Pedro Pacavira was born here and is a former provincial governor. The 1,400 meter long Capanda Dam is located in this province. Cuanza Norte lies on the northern bank of the Cuanza River. It had been a territory of Ngola Kingdom. In 1914, Norton de Matos created District of Cuanza which was divided into Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul Provinces in 1917.

It was badly affected during the Angolan Civil War. It has many mines left over from the Civil War and contracts to clear them were given to several organisations. During the civil war, the insurgents made the province part of the central zone. On 5 April 2001, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola members attacked Samba Caju and killed 120 FAA members. The province's military commander, General Recordacao was also killed in the attack.

The most spoken languages are Kimbundu. Mbundu people inhabit the province. Sugarcane and coffee are the most important agricultural crops. Their production is favoured by the tropical humid climate of the province.

Municipalities

The province of Cuanza Norte contains ten municipalities ():

Município	Capital	Area (km2)	Pop. (2006 est)
Ambaca	Camabatela	3,080	123,244
Banga	Banga	1,260	23,284
Bolongongo	Bolongongo	1,061	31,288
Cambambe	Dondo	5,212	91,984
Cazengo	N'Dalatando	1,793	109,256
Golungo Alto	Golungo Alto	1,989	69,918
Ngonguembo	Ngonguembo	1,400	37,405
Lucala	Lucala	1,718	41,792
Quiculungo	Quiculungo	475	30,152
Samba Cajú	Samba Cajú	2,012	95,638

Some sources show the following three municipalities in Bengo Province:

Município	Capital	Area (km2)	Pop. (2006 est)
Bula-Atumba	Bula	3,604	56,718
url=http://www.info-angola.ao/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=38&Itemid=65	title=Bengo: Municípios	publisher=Info-Angola	access-date=27 Feb 2010	language=pt	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322112311/http://www.info-angola.ao/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=38&Itemid=65	archive-date=2017-03-22 }}	Quibaxe	2,444	58,941
Pango-Aluquém	Pango	2,754	45,680

While others list those three in Cuanza Norte (Kwanza Norte) Province.

Communes

The province of Cuanza Norte contains the following communes (); sorted by their respective municipalities:{{cite web

Ambaca Municipality: – Bindo, Camabatela, Luinga, Maúa, Tango
Banga Municipality: – Aldeia Nova, Banga, Caculo Cabaça, Cariamba
Bolongongo Municipality: – Bolongongo, Quiquiemba, Terreiro
Cambambe Municipality: – Danje-ia-Menha, Dondo, Massangano, São Pedro da Kilemba, Zenza do Itombe
Cazengo Municipality: – Canhoca, N'dalatando
Golungo Alto Municipality: – Cambondo, Cêrca, Golungo Alto, Kiluanje
N'Gonguembo Municipality: – Camame, Cavunga, Quilombo dos Dembos (Ngonguembo)
Licucala Municipality: – Lukala, Quiangombe
Quiculungo Municipality: – Quiculungo
Samba Cajú Municipality: – Samba Cajú, Samba Lucala
Bula-Atumba Municipality: – Bula-Atumba, Quiage (Kiaje)
Dembos Municipality: – Paredes, Piri, Quibaxe, São José das Matas
Pango-Aluquém Municipality: – Cazuangongo (Kazua), Pango-Aluquém

List of governors of Cuanza Norte

Name	Years in office
José Congo Sebastião	1976–1977
Lourenço José Fereira Diandengue	1977–1979
Evaristo Domingos Kimba	1979–1980
Noé da Silva Saúde	1980–1986
Paulo Teixeira Jorge	1986–1989
Francisco Vieira Dias	1989–1991
Manuel Pedro Pacavira	1991–2004
Henrique André Júnior	2004–2016
José Maria Ferraz dos Santos	2016–2019
Adriano Mendes de Carvalho	2019–

Up to 1991, the official name was Provincial Commissioner

References

Citations

Bibliography

References

"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab".
[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/ Angola: municipalities] Citypopulation
"Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação - 2014".
"Cuanza Norte Province".
"Reference Center: Provinces". Angolan Embassy in the United States.
"Angola Statistics: Kuanza Norte". GeoHive.
"Angola Statistics: Bengo". GeoHive.
"Bengo: Municípios". Info-Angola.
"Histórico dos Governadores". cuandocubango.gov.ao.

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