Uíge
Short description|Provincial capital in AngolaUse dmy dates|date=March 2021coord|7|37|S|15|03|E|display=titleInfobox settlement
langx|kg|Wizidi or Wizi
Name
Uíge was renamed Vila Marechal Carmona in 1955 after the former Portuguese President Óscar Carmona, renamed simply Carmona after it became a city. The name was changed back to Uíge after independence in 1975.History
During Portuguese rule it became a major centre for coffee production in the 1950s. The city was the nerve centre of rebel activity against Portuguese occupation. Consequently, the city endured frequent guerrilla war between Portuguese forces and the National Front for the [Liberation of Angola].It had the worst known ever outbreak of the Marburg virus in 2005.
On February 10, 2017, there was a stampede at the 4 January Stadium in Uige, Angola. The incident caused the deaths of 17 people and injured 58 others.