It was created on 5 September 2024 from the eastern part of Cuando Cubango Province.

[2] Cuando borders the Angolan provinces of Cubango to the west and Moxico to the north.

[8] Cuando is divided into the nine municipalities of Cuito Cuanavale, Dima, Dirico, Luengue, Luiana, Mavinga, Mucusso, Rivungo and Xipundo.

[9] The former communes that now make up the territory of Cuando reported a combined population of 98,419 in the 2014 Angolan census.

[10] The main economic activity in Cuando is cattle, goat and sheep farming.