Malanje Province
Malanje is a province of Angola. It has an area of 97,602 km² and a 2014 census population of 986,363. Malanje is the provincial capital.
Geography
The Malanje Province is located in the north of Angola, the provincial capital and largest town of Malanje located by road east of the national capital of Luanda. It is bordered to the northwest by Uige Province, to the northeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the east by Lunda Norte Province and Lunda Sul Province, to the south by Bié Province and Cuanza Sul Province, and in the west by Cuanza Norte Province. The extreme north of the province is covered with savannah, while the southern part is largely dry savannah. The main rivers are the Cuanza River in the southwest and Kwango River in the northeast, and there is a mountainous area known as the Malanje Plateau. The Cuije River and Cuanza flow in the vicinity of Cangandala National Park. Large areas north and southeast of the city of Malanje have been declared protected areas. Of note is the Milando Reserve Park (Reserva Especial do Milando) in the north and the Reserva Natural Integral do Luando at the headwaters of Cuanza.
Municipalities
The province of Malanje consists of fourteen municipalities (Portuguese: municípios):
- Cacuso
- Calandula
- Cambundi-Catembo
- Cangandala
- Caombo
- Cuaba Nzoji
- Kunda-dia-Base
- Luquembo
- Malanje
- Marimba
- Massango
- Mucari
- Quela
- Quirima
Communes
The province of Malanje contains the following 66 communes (Portuguese: comunas); sorted by their respective municipalities:
- Cacuso Municipality: – Cacuso, Lombe, Pungo-Andongo, Quizenga (Kizenga), Soqueco (Sokeko)
- Calandula Municipality: – Calandula, Cateco-Cangola (Kateco-Kangola), Cota (Kota), Cuale, Quinje
- Cambundi-Catembo Municipality: – Cambundi-Catembo, Dumba Cambango, Quitapa, Tala Mungongo
- Cangandala Municipality: – Bembo, Cangandala, Caribo (Karibo), Culamagia
- Caombo Municipality: – Bange-Angola, Cambo Suinginge, Caombo, Micanda
- Cuaba Nzoji Municipality: – Cuaba Nzoji, Mufuma
- Kunda-dia-Base Municipality: – Kunda-dia-Base (Cunda-dia-Baze), Lemba, Milando
- Luquembo Municipality: – Capunda, Cunga Palanga, Dombo, Luquembo, Quimbango, Rimba
- Malanje Municipality: – Cambaxe (Kambaxe), Malanje, Ngola-Luije (Nugola-Luije)
- Marimba Municipality: – Cabombo-Lumai, Marimba, Tembo-Aluma
- Massango Municipality: – Massango, Quihuhu, Quinguengue
- Mucari Municipality: – Catala, Caxinga, Mucari-Caculama, Muquixe (Mikixi)
- Quela Municipality: – Bângalas (Missão dos Bangalas), Moma, Quela, Xandele
- Quirima Municipality: – Quirima, Sautar
List of governors of Malanje
| Name | Years in office |
|---|---|
| Eusébio Sebastião | 1977–1978 |
| Domingos Afonso Neto | 1978–1980 |
| Col. Ludy Kissassunda | 1980–1986 |
| Lt.Col. João Ernesto dos Santos Liberdade | 1986–1992 |
| João Filipe Martins | 1992 |
| João Manuel Bernardo | 1992–1993 |
| Flávio João Fernandes | 1993–2002 |
| Cristóvão Domingos Francisco da Cunha | 2002–2008 |
| Norberto Fernandes dos Santos Kwata Kwanawa | 2012– |
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