- Bengo Province
Bengo is a province of
Angola . Its capital isCaxito . According to 1988 statistics, there were 18,700 people living in urban areas with 137,400 in rural areas, with a total of 156,100 residents. [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/angola/ao_appen.html] It has an area of 33,016square kilometres , and its current population is approximately 450,000.The province is bordered by the provinces of Zaire to the North, Uige to the Northeast,
Cuanza Norte to the East, andCuanza Sul to the South. It has two western coastal stretches along theAtlantic Ocean , and forms an enclave around the national capital's province of Luanda. TheNatural Park of Kissama and theKibinda Forest Reserve are here. The province also has a number of lakes, most of them are in the municipalities ofDande andIcolo and Bengo. There are lagoons atPanguila andIbendoa , Cabiri andUlua do Sungui .Municipalities:
*Ambriz
*Bengo
*Dande
*Icolo
*Muxima
*Nambuangongo Other localities in Bengo Province includeCabo Ledo ,Lagoa do Panguila ,Porto Kipiri ,Kachikane andFunda .External links
* [http://www.angola.org.uk/prov_bengo.htm angola.org.uk]
* [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/angola/ao_appen.html US government statistics from 1988]
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