Luanda Municipality

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The Municipality of Luanda is one of the nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda, Angola. It covers roughly 116 km2 (second smallest in the province) and includes Ilha de Luanda. The population was 2,194,747 at the 2014 census and is projected to be 2,571,861 in 2019 per Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. [1] [2]

Administrative divisions

The municipality of Luanda is made up of six urban districts: [3]

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References

  1. "Angola: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  2. "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e da Habitação – 2014 Província de Luanda" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. "Luanda a Cidade do Futuro" (in Portuguese). gpl.gv.ao. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2013-05-13.