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Bengo is a province of Angola. Its capital is Caxito. It has an area of 31,371 square kilometres, and its population as of the 2014 Census was 356,641.^[1] The province was created in 1980 by dividing the original province of Luanda into Bengo and a new smaller province of Luanda.^[3]

The province is bordered by the provinces of Zaire to the North, Uige to the Northeast, Cuanza Norte to the East, and Cuanza Sul to the South. It has two western coastal stretches along the Atlantic Ocean, and forms an enclave around the national capital's province of Luanda. The Kissama National Park and the Kibinda Forest Reserve are here. The province also has a number of lakes, most of them are in the municipalities of Dande and Icolo and Bengo. There are lagoons at Panguila and Ibendoa, Cabiri and Ulua do Sungui.^{[citation needed]}

The province of Bengo contains the following communes (comunas); sorted by their respective municipalities:^[9]

• Ambriz Municipality:– Ambriz, Bela Vista, Tabi
• Bula-Atumba Municipality: – Bula Atumba, Quiage (Kiage)
• Dande Municipality: – Barra do Dande, Caxito, Mabubas, Quicabo (Kikabo), Úcua
• Dembos Municipality: – Paredes, Piri, Quibaxe (Kibaxe), São José das Matas
• Nambuangongo Municipality: – Cage (Kage), Canacassala (Kanacassala), Gombe, Muxaluando (Muxiluando), Quicunzo (Kicunzo), Quixico (Kixico), Zala
• Pango-Aluquém Municipality: – Cazuangongo (Kazuangongo), Pango-Aluquém
• Ícolo e Bengo Municipality: – Bom Jesus do Cuanza, Cabiri (Kabiri), Caculo Cahango, Calomboloca (seat: Cassoneca), Catete
• Quiçama Municipality: – Cabo Ledo, Demba Chio, Mumbondo, Muxima, Quixinje (Kixinje)

Bengo is known for its abundant fish, with fishing communities along the coast. Late Cretaceous fossils are known from this region, including unique turtles (Angolachelys^[10]) and the first dinosaur fossil skeleton from Angola: the Angolatitan.^[11]

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Up to 1991, the official name was Provincial Commissioner

• Fortress of Muxima