Icolo e Bengo Province
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Icolo e Bengo | |
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 Agostinho Neto Cultural Center in Catete | |
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| Coordinates: 9°30′S 13°30′E / 9.5°S 13.5°E | |
| Country |  Angola |
| Established | 5 September 2024 |
| Capital | Catete |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Auzílio de Oliveira Martins Jacob (MPLA) |
| • Vice-Governor for Political, Social and Economic Sector | Agostinho Pedro Antonio |
| • Vice-Governor for Technical Services and Infrastructure | Zenilda Leila do Amaral Manding |
| Area | |
• Total | 17,150 km2 (6,620 sq mi) |
| Population (Census 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 1,372,670 |
| • Density | 80.04/km2 (207.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Icolo e Bengo is a province of Angola. It was created on 5 September 2024 from Luanda Province. Its capital is Catete.[2]
Icolo e Bengo borders the Angolan provinces of Luanda to the northwest, Bengo to the north, Cuanza Norte to the east, and Cuanza Sul to the south. It also borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The boundary between Icolo e Bengo and Luanda follows the Cuanza River, the Kikuxi Canal, and the Via Expressa Fidel Castro and EN-100 highways.[3]
Icolo e Bengo is located on the floodplains of the Bengo, Cuanza and Longa rivers. The province is located in the Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands ecoregion, and it contains Quiçama National Park.[4]
Icolo e Bengo experiences a tropical climate with summer rain. The interaction between the cold Benguela Current and warm equatorial waters produces mist, causing humidity in the area to stay high year-round while annual rainfall is low, ranging from 350 to 650 mm (14 to 26 in).[4][5]
History
On 14 August 2024, Angola's National Assembly approved a law to create three new provinces, including separating the less urbanized portions of Luanda Province from the city of Luanda to form the new province of Icolo e Bengo. This law went into effect with its publication in the official gazette of Angola on 5 September 2024.[6]
