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Uíge
Provincial capital in Angola

Uíge

Uíge, formerly Carmona, is a provincial capital city in northwestern Angola, with a population of 636,253, and a municipality, with a population of 773,099, 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 served by the Uíge Airport with daily flights to Luanda.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Jjfilipe (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.