Luanda Province

Luanda is a province of Angola. It used to cover an area of 18,835 km², and had a population of 6,945,386 at the Census of 16 May 2014.

Luanda
Province
Country	Angola
Capital	Luanda
Government
• Governor	Luis Manuel da Fonseca Nunes
• Vice-Governor for the Economic Sector	Jorge Miguens Augusto
• Vice-Governor for Technical Services and Infrastructures	Calunga Francisco Zage Quissanga
• Vice-Governor for the Political and Social Sector	Manuel Antonio Goncalves
ISO 3166 code	AO-LUA
Website	www.luanda.gov.ao

The city of Luanda is the capital of the province and Angola. It serves as the country's primary port, cultural and urban centre and occupies 44.8 square miles.^[1]

History

Luanda Province until 2011

Luanda Province until 2024

The original prewar Luanda Province grew in size during the 20th century due to the urbanization of Angola. It was divided into the provinces of Luanda and Bengo in 1980.^[2][3]

The new reform of 2011 moved the municipalities Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama from Bengo to Luanda Province, so as the province has 3 neighboring ones instead of being surrounded by Bengo. This administrative reform significantly increased the land area of Luanda Province. It formerly had an area of 2,417 square kilometres (933 sq mi) and a reported population of 6,542,942 in 2014, before accounting for reorganization^[4] In 2024, the province was reduced again.

Governors

Governors of the Luanda Province have included: Francisca Espírito Santo (c. 2009–2010),^[5] Jose Maria dos Santos (c. 2011–2013), and Graciano Francisco Domingos (c. 2014).^{[citation needed]}

Administration

The province has created the Instituto de Planeamento e Gestão Urbana de Luanda (IPGUL, Institute for urban planning and management of Luanda) as an independent organ for urban planning of the province.^[6]

Municipalities

The province of Luanda contains seven municipalities (Portuguese: municípios):

Name	Area in km2	Population Census 2014	Population Estimate 2019[7]
Belas	1,046	1,071,046	1,271,854
Cacuaco	312	1,077,438	1,279,488
Cazenga	37	880,639	1,045,722
Ícolo e Bengo	3,059	110,428	131,268
Luanda	116	2,165,867	2,571,861
Quiçama	13,900	39,373	46,808
Viana	693	1,600,594	1,900,688

In 2011 Luanda Province was subdivided into seven municipalities, namely, Luanda, Belas, Cacuaco, Cazenga, Icolo e Bengo, Quiçama and Viana.^[8][2] In November 2016, another two municipalities were added, Talatona and Kilamba-Kiaxi respectively, giving the province 9 municipalities, 41 urban districts, and 14 communes.^[9] In 2025, both the province and the municipalities' limits were reformed.

Communes

The province of Luanda contains the following communes (Portuguese: comunas); sorted by their respective municipalities:

• Belas Municipality: – Barra do Cuanza, Quilamba (Kilamba); Benfica e Mussulo, Ramiros
• Cacuaco Municipality: – Cacuaco, Funda, Quicolo (Kikolo)
• Cazenga Municipality: – Cazenga, Hoji Ya Henda, Tala Hady; Cazenga Popular, Distrito Industrial
• Ícolo e Bengo Municipality: – Bom Jesus do Cuanza, Cabiri (Kabiri), Caculo Cahango, Calomboloca (seat: Cassoneca), Catete
• Luanda Municipality: – Angola Quiluanje, Ingombota, Maianga, Rangel, Samba, Sambizanga
• Quiçama Municipality: – Cabo Ledo, Demba Chio, Mumbondo, Muxima, Quixinje (Kixinje)
• Viana Municipality: – Calumbo, Viana, Zango, Mbaia
• Kilamba-Kiaxi Municipality: – Quilamba-Quiaxi (Kilamba-Kiaxi); Golfe, Palanca, Sapú, Vila Estoril
• Talatona Municipality: – Benfica, Talatona; Camama, Futungo de Belas, Quificas

List of governors of Luanda

Name	Years in office
Pedro Fortunato Luís Manuel	1976–1977
Afonso Van-Dunem Mbinda	1977–1978
Agostinho André Mendes de Carvalho	1979–1980
Francisco Romão de Oliveira e Silva	1980–1981
Evaristo Domingos Kimba	1981–1983
Mariano da Costa Garcia de Puku	1983–1986
Cristovão Francisco da Cunha	1986–1988
Luís Gonzaga Wawuty	1988–1991
Kundi Paihama	1991–1993
Rui Óscar de Carvalho	1993–1994
Justino José Fernandes	1994–1997
José Aníbal Lopes Rocha	1997–2002
Simão Mateus Paulo	2002–2004
Job Pedro Castelo Capapinha	2004–2008
Francisca do Espírito Santos	2008–2010
José Maria Ferraz dos Santos	2010–2011
Bento Joaquim Sebastião Francisco Bento	2012–2014
Graciano Francisco Domingos	2015–2016
Francisco Higino Lopes Carneiro	2016–2017
Adriano Mendes de Carvalho	2017–2019
Sérgio Luther Rescova Joaquim	2019–2020
Joana Lina	2020-2021
Ana Paula de Carvalho	2021-2022
Manuel Homem	2022-present

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Up to 1991, the official name was Provincial Commissioner