Cuanza Sul Province

Cuanza Sul
Cuanza Sul, province of Angola
Cuanza Sul, province of Angola
Country Angola
CapitalSumbe
Government
 • GovernorJob Pedro Castelo Capapinha
 • Vice-Governor for the Political, Economic and Social SectorJoaquim Ricardo de Almeida Júnior
 • Vice-Governor for Technical Services and InfrastructuresDemétrio António Bráz de Sepulveda
Area
 • Total55,600 km2 (21,500 sq mi)
Population
 (2014 census)
 • Total1,881,873
 • Density34/km2 (88/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeAO-CUS
HDI (2018)0.445[1]
low · 18th
Websitewww.kwanzasul.gov.ao

Cuanza Sul Province ("South Cuanza"; Umbundu: Kwanza Kombuelo Volupale) is a province of Angola. It has an area of 55,660 square kilometres (21,490 sq mi) and a population of 1,881,873.[2] Sumbe is the capital of the province. Dom Francisco Inocêncio de Sousa Coutinho [pt] founded the province in 1769 as Novo Redondo ("New Redondo").

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  2. ^ 2014 Population census (INE Angola) - page 89 Archived 2016-05-06 at the Wayback Machine