Uíge
7°37′S 15°03′E / 7.617°S 15.050°E
Uíge
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Uíge (Kongo: Wizidi[2]), formerly Carmona, is a provincial capital city in northwestern Angola, with a population of 322,531 (2014 census),[3] and a municipality, with a population of 519,196 (2014 census), located in the province of the same name. It grew from a small market centre in 1945 to become a city in 1956. It is serviced by the Uíge Airport with daily flights to Luanda.
Name
Uíge was renamed[4] Vila Marechal Carmona in 1955 after the former Portuguese President Óscar Carmona, renamed simply Carmona after it became a city, but changed back to Uíge in 1975.
History
During Portuguese occupation it was a major center for coffee production in the 1950s.
It had the worst known ever outbreak of the Marburg virus in 2005.[citation needed]
Demographics
In 2010 it had a population of 119,815. In 2014 the population was 322,531. Projected to be the fourth fastest growing city on the African continent between 2020 and 2025, with a 5.92% growth.[7]
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of provinces and municipalities in Angola
- ^ "Cidade do Uíge celebra 98 anos de existência na quarta-feira". ANGONOTÍCIAS (in Portuguese). 27 June 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Angola
- ISBN 978-0-86543-551-3.
- ^ "Uige". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ "City councils of Angola". Statoids. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
- ^ "Ranked: The World's Fastest Growing Cities". virtual capitalist. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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