The transfer documents were signed on 2 April 2012 in Catete by the governors of Luanda Province, Bento Bento, and João Miranda, of Bengo Province, in the presence of the minister for territorial administration, Bornito de Sousa.

[4] The municipality was disestablished when the new province of Icolo e Bengo was created on 5 September 2024.

[5] It covered an area of 3,059 square kilometres (1,181 sq mi) and its estimated population as of 2019 was 131,268.

[6] Icolo e Bengo was bordered to the north and south respectively by the municipalities of Dande and Quiçama (in Bengo and Luanda provinces respectively), to the east by the municipality of Cambambe (Cuanza Norte province), and to the west by the municipalities of Viana and Cacuaco (both in Luanda province).

The municipality, with the seat in Catete, was divided into five comunas (communes), as follows: Media related to Ícolo e Bengo at Wikimedia Commons This Angola location article is a stub.