Uíge Province

Uíge
Wizidi
Province
Caxito-Uíge Road
Caxito-Uíge Road
Map of Angola with the Uíge province highlighted
Map of Angola with the Uíge province highlighted
Country Angola
Alvor AgreementJanuary 15, 1975
CapitalUíge
Government
 • GovernorMpinda Simão
 • Vice-Governor for the Political, Economic and Social SectorCatarina Pedro Domingos
 • Vice-Governor for Technical Services and InfrastructuresAfonso Luviluku
Area
 • Total
58,698 km2 (22,663 sq mi)
Population
 (2014 census)[1]
 • Total
1,483,118
 • Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeAO-UIG
HDI (2018)0.530[2]
low · 10th
Websitewww.uige.ao.gov

Uíge (pronunciation: /wiːdʒ/; Kongo: Wizidi[3]) is one of the eighteen Provinces of Angola,[4] located in the northwestern part of the country.[5] Its capital city is of the same name.

History

During the Middle Ages, the Uíge Province was the heartland of the Kongo Kingdom. The Bakongo North and South of the Kongo river were all part of this Kingdom, a centralized monarchy[citation needed] which for given periods of time also dominated part of the Ambundu further to the South.[citation needed] The kings lived in the city of M'banza-Kongo which had a population of about 50,000 in the 16th century.[citation needed] Knowledge of metallurgy among the Bakongo was renowned; their king was even called the "Blacksmith King".[citation needed] Their reign was first strengthened by the arrival Portuguese priests who lived at the king's court and taught religion as well as literacy;[clarification needed] the interaction with the Portuguese stronghold of Luanda was rather marginal for a long time. Things changed when the Portuguese started to conquer and occupy the hinterland in the 19th century. In the beginning of the 20th century, the Kongo kingdom still existed on paper and the court in M'banza-Kongo was maintained, but had lost any effective power.[6]

In the early part of 20th century the province was on a decline due to its inhospitable terrain and poor accessibility.[6] The situation changed entirely when the Portuguese discovered that soil and climate were favourable to coffee production. The Uíge province (then called "district") became Angola's major centre for coffee production in the 1950s. While part of the production came from European (mostly Portuguese) owned plantations, most producers were Bakongo smallholders; in both cased, they relied on forced or "contract" labour from the Ovimbundu. Its market centre of Uíge town, the district capital, prospered and was designated a city in 1956. To encourage the principle of national integration with Portugal, many towns in Angola were renamed during Portuguese colonial rule, including the provincial capital of Uíge town, which was renamed Vila Marechal Carmona (English: Marshal Carmona Town) after Marshal Óscar Carmona,[7] the former President of Portugal, later simplified as Carmona.[8]

In the 1950s, the Bakongo people were among the forerunners in the independence movement. For part of them, the purpose was to restore their kingdom, but their majority came out in favour of Angola as a whole. They formed first a regional movement, União das Populações do Norte de Angola (union of the people of Northern Angola), then baptized União das Populações de Angola (union of Angolan peoples), and finally the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola; FNLA), which became one of the three Angolan anti-colonial guerrilla movements fighting the Portuguese forces, during the 1960s.[9]

During the Portuguese rule, the province, and in particular its capital Uíge, became the haven of rebel activity (its inaccessible wilderness providing the cover for such activity) of the rebels received active support from the leader of its neighbouring country of Congo, Mobutu Sese Seko.[6] Rebels of the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) had even occupied the province for short spells during renewed civil war in 1990s. It was only in 2002 there was peace in the region.[6]

Beginning in October 2004 and continuing into 2005, Uíge Province was the centre of an outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever, a disease closely related to Ebola. It was caused by Marburg virus which is an African RNA virus that causes green monkey disease.[6] Now thought to be under control, there were 374 cases with 88% deaths.[10] According to the United Nations, it was, at the time, the world's worst epidemic of any kind of hemorrhagic fever.[11]

Geography

Uíge Province is located in northwestern Angola. It is bounded on the north by the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the west by the Zadi River, east by the Beu river and on the south by Beu town.[12] The land route to enter the province is from Luanda through the province of Bengo.[12] Roads are being built over the hilly terrain to connect with Congo. The main road in the north is the one which crosses the border at Kizenga to reach Kinshasa. A highway connects to Castilo and further on to Luanda. Another southwest highway connects with the provinces of Zaire and Malanje.[6]

The province is drained by many rivers. Cuilo river flows is a popular attraction, as is the Sanza Pombo falls. The lagoon of Luzamba and Muvoio and the lagoon of Sacapate are good for swimming and bathing. Other important rivers in the province are the Zadi River, the Lucala River, the Dange River and the Luvulu River. Only small boats can ply these rivers.[12] The province is characterized by pastoral terrain and rich soil, with an area of 58,698 square kilometres (22,663 sq mi). It has a tropical climate with an annual average temperature reported as 24 °C (75 °F).[12][13][6][14] The province's Beu Forest Reserve covers an area of 1,400 square kilometres (540 sq mi). It is bounded on the north by the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the west by the Zadi, east by the Beu River and on the south by Beu town.[12] Since the Forest Reserve near Beu village is not declared the assistance provided to maintain it is lacking. Hence, the reserve has poor infrastructure and guidance. Among the large mammals, elephants could be sighted here.[15]

Municipalities

The province of Uíge contains sixteen municipalities (Portuguese: municípios):[12][13]

Communes

The province of Uíge contains the following communes (Portuguese: comunas); sorted by their respective municipalities:

Demographics

Uíge has a population 1,426,354.[13] In ethnic terms, its inhabitants are almost exclusively different groups of Bakongo.[16] They speak the Kikongo language.[17]

Economy

The economy of the province is basically of traditional agricultural farming of coffee, beans, cassava, grain, peanuts, cotton, and wood.[13] Plantation and production of coffee contributed largely to the economy of the province and also Angola during colonial times.[12] Coffee production (in Uíge, Luanda, Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul provinces of Angola) was started by the Portuguese in 1830s and soon became a cash crop; the popular crop grown was robusta coffee (in its 2000 and odd plantations in Angola, owned mostly by the Portuguese). It was even one of the largest coffee producing country in Africa, in the 1970s. However, the civil war for independence from Portuguese rule devastated the coffee plantations and many coffee agronomists migrated to Brazil and the plantations became wild bushes. However, the rehabilitation of the plantation has started since 2000 but the investment required to replace the 40-year-old unproductive plants are estimated to be US$230 million.[18] With opening up of new roads, industrial activity in the province is taking shape.[6]

Important mineralogical resources which help the economy include copper, silver, and cobalt. Diamonds are also found in the alluvial deposits in the province.[13][19] The Movoviao –Tetelo-Bembe copper exploration project is located in the province at the border with the Congo Republic. The project has been taken up under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in 2008 between Hansa Resources Limited of Canada and Angala Petroleum Services (S.A.R.L). Under this MOU, the Movio copper mine, which was operational between 1937 and 1961 as an open pit and underground mine, is being revived, in addition to the Bembe and Tetelco deposits. Several other minerals, such as cobalt, gold, lead, manganese, silver, vanadium, and zinc, have also been found in this region.[20]

Landmarks

Some of the important monuments in the province are the tomb of Mekabango, and the tomb of king M’Bianda-N Gunga, ruler of the resistance movement. São José church built in the 18th century is also located near Encope rock outcrop. A fort constructed in the 20th century is also located next to the church.[12]

List of governors

Name Years in office
Hochi Min 1975–1976
Simão Bráz 1976–1977
Ambrósio Lukoki 1977–1978
Massunga Kota 1978–1979
Lanvu Emanuel Norman 1979–1980
Manuel Quarta Punza 1980–1984
Zeferino Estêvão Juliana 1984–1988
Domingos Mutaleno 1988–1989
Jeremias Dumbo 1989–1990
José Aníbal Lopes Rocha 1991–1995
Serafim Cananito Alexandre 1995–1998
Cordeiro Ernesto Nzakundomba 1998–2002
João Domingos Manzaíla 1998–1999
Cordeiro Ernesto Nzakundomba 1999–2002
Lázaro Xixima 2002–2004
António Bento Kangulo 2004–2008
Mawete João Baptista 2008–2009
Paulo Pombolo 2009–2017
Mpinda Simão 2017–2020
Sérgio Luther Rescova Joaquim 2020-2020
José Carvalho da Rocha 2020–

[21]

From 1976 to 1991, the official name was Provincial Commissioner.

References

Citations

  1. ^ "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação - 2014" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Cidade do Uíge celebra 98 anos de existência na quarta-feira". ANGONOTÍCIAS (in Portuguese). 27 June 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ James & Broadhead 2004, p. 135.
  5. ^ "Uige". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Benarde, Melvin A. (2006). Our precarious habitat?: the sky is not falling. Wiley-Interscience. pp. 104–. ISBN 978-0-471-74065-0. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  7. ^ Goodwin 2008, p. 208.
  8. ^ Stead, Rorison & Scafidi 2013, p. 201.
  9. ^ James & Broadhead 2004, p. 11.
  10. ^ Knipe, David Mahan (2007). Fields virology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 1411–. ISBN 978-0-7817-6060-7. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  11. ^ "Angola – Inter-Agency Contingency Plan". United Nations. February 2010. p. 35. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h ebizguides (January 2008). Angola: All You Need to Know to Do Business and Have Fun. MTH Multimedia S.L. pp. 331–. ISBN 978-84-933978-8-3. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Provinces". Angola Embassy, India. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  14. ^ James & Broadhead 2004, p. 163.
  15. ^ Mike Stead; Sean Rorison (1 January 2010). Angola. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 169–. ISBN 978-1-84162-304-7. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  16. ^ James & Broadhead 2004, p. 31.
  17. ^ Oyebade 2007, p. 7.
  18. ^ James & Broadhead 2004, p. 36.
  19. ^ Geological Survey (U.S.) (8 June 2009). Minerals Yearbook, 2006, V. 3, Area Reports, International, Africa and the Middle East. Government Printing Office. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-1-4113-2174-8. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  20. ^ Minerals Yearbook, 2008, V. 3, Area Reports, International, Africa and the Middle East. Government Printing Office. 25 October 2010. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-1-4113-2965-2. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  21. ^ "Histórico dos Governadores" (in Portuguese). uige.gov.ao. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

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