The province borders the Democratic Republic of Congo in the northeast and Lunda Sul in the south.

[5] Cuango River valley, the richest diamond area of Angola is located in the province.

[7][8] The Lunda province whose capital was Saurimo[9] was created by the Portuguese colonial empire on July 13, 1895.

It was divided into Lunda-Sul and Lunda-Norte subdivisions through a constitution act in 1978 by the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) government.

Lino dos Santos, Deolinda Odia Paulo Satula Vilarinho and Ângêlica Nené Curita Ihungo are the deputy governors for Technical and Infrastructure Services, Economic Sector Area and Political and Social Sector Area respectively.