- Uíge Province
Uíge is a province of
Angola . It has an area of 58,698 km² and apopulation of approximately 800,000.Uige is the capital of the province. Municipalities in this province include Zombo,Quimbele ,Damba ,Mucaba ,Bungu ,Macocola ,Bembe ,Buengas ,Sanza Pombo ,Alto Cauale ,Puri ,Negage ,Quitexe ,Ambuila andSongo .Its primary agricultural products include
coffee ,bean s,cassava , grain,peanut s,cotton , andwood . Important mineralogical resources includecopper ,silver , andcobalt .Uige Province was one of the hardest-hit areas of Angola during the 26-year long civil war. Large segments of the population were displaced, and the
infrastructure is severely damaged.Beginning in October
2004 and continuing into2005 , Uige Province was the center of an outbreak ofMarburg hemorrhagic fever , a disease closely related toEbola . Now thought to be under control, it was the world's worst epidemic of any kind ofhemorrhagic fever .
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