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.

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.