Provinces of Angola

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Angola is divided into twenty-one provinces, known in Portuguese as províncias. On 14 August 2024, Angola's National Assembly approved a law to create three new provinces:

Cuando Cubango Province was divided into Cuando Province and Cubango Province;
Icolo e Bengo Province was separated from Luanda Province; and
Moxico Leste Province was separated from Moxico Province.

This law went into effect with its publication in the official gazette of Angola on 5 September 2024,{{cite news |url=https://mpla.ao/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Lei14.24de5deSetembro.pdf |title=Lei n.° 14/24 de 5 de Setembro |date=5 September 2024 |issue=171 |pages=9800–10505 |newspaper=Diário da República |publisher=Government of Angola |accessdate=29 December 2024}} and are expected to become operational in 2025.{{cite news |last=Manuel |first=Victor |url=https://angop.ao/noticias/grandes-reportagens/angola-novo-ano-novo-mapa/ |title=Angola: Novo ano novo mapa |date=25 December 2024 |publisher=ANGOP |accessdate=29 December 2024}} The current provinces are tabulated below:

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!Location

!Province

!Capital

!Area (km²) [http://www.geohive.com/cntry/angola.aspx http://www.geohive.com/cntry/angola.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930004212/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/angola.aspx |date=2016-09-30 }}

!Population
(2014 Census){{cite web|url=https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Populacao_Sociedade/Estudos_tematicos/PUBLICACAO_RESULTADOS_DEFINITIVOS_DO_CENSO_2014.pdf |title=Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação - 2014 |access-date=3 May 2020 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola| df=dmy }}

!Population density (per km² in 2014)

!Region

Provinces of Angola

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