Angola is divided into eighteen provinces, known in Portuguese as províncias:
Location | Province | Capital | Area (km2) [1] | Population (2014 Census)[2] |
Population density (per km2 in 2014) | Region |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bengo | Caxito | 31,371 | 356,641 | 11.4 | Greater Luanda | |
Benguela | Benguela | 31,788 | 2,231,385 | 70.2 | Central | |
Bié | Cuíto | 70,314 | 1,455,255 | 20.7 | Central | |
Cabinda | Cabinda | 7,270 | 716,076 | 98.5 | North | |
Cuando Cubango | Menongue | 199,049 | 534,002 | 2.7 | East | |
Cuanza Norte | N'dalatando | 24,190 | 443,386 | 18.3 | Greater Luanda | |
Cuanza Sul | Sumbe | 55,660 | 1,881,873 | 33.8 | Central | |
Cunene | Ondjiva | 89,342 | 990,087 | 11.1 | South West | |
Huambo | Huambo | 34,274 | 2,019,555 | 58.9 | Central | |
Huíla | Lubango | 75,002 | 2,497,422 | 33.3 | South West | |
Luanda | Luanda | 18,283 | 6,945,386 | 379.9 | Greater Luanda | |
Lunda Norte | Dundo | 102,783 | 862,566 | 8.4 | East | |
Lunda Sul | Saurimo | 45,649 | 537,587 | 11.8 | East | |
Malanje | Malanje | 97,602 | 986,363 | 10.1 | North | |
Moxico | Luena | 223,023 | 758,568 | 3.4 | East | |
Namibe | Moçâmedes | 58,137 | 495,326 | 8.5 | South West | |
Uíge | Uíge | 58,698 | 1,483,118 | 25.3 | North | |
Zaire | M'banza-Kongo | 40,130 | 594,428 | 14.8 | North |