Mucaba

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Mucaba
Mucaba (Angola)
Mucaba
Mucaba
Coordinates 7 ° 10 ′  S , 14 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 7 ° 10 ′  S , 14 ° 56 ′  E
Basic data
Country Angola

province

Uíge
Município Mucaba
ISO 3166-2 AO-UIG
Residents 86,717 (2014)
politics
mayor Piedade Samuel Hebo

Mucaba is a city in Angola , in southwestern Africa .

history

Mucaba became known in connection with the beginning of the Portuguese colonial war in Angola. The independence movement UPA ( União das Populações de Angola , from 1962 FNLA ) switched to armed struggle on March 15, 1961 and surprised the Portuguese authorities and settlers alike. In Mucaba, 20 European settlers and five blacks managed to withstand a siege by UPA fighters for about a month, until Portuguese units reached the place in late April and ended the siege. The incident was propagandistically spread as the first heroic deed on the Portuguese side. A large number of streets in Portugal were subsequently named after the "Heroes of Mucaba" ( Port. Heróis de Mucaba ).

On September 1, 1971, Mucaba was elevated to a small town ( Vila ) and has since been the seat of an independent district.

administration

Mucaba is the seat of a district of the same name ( Município ) in the province of Uíge . The district has 86,717 inhabitants (extrapolated estimate 2014). From now on, the 2014 census should provide reliable population data.

Two communities (Comunas) with a total of 52 villages form the Mucaba district:

Economy and Transport

Since 2011 Mucaba has paved road connections in the district and with the provincial capital Uíge. This enabled farmers in the region to better transport their products and thus more efficient marketing, especially of the main cultivated product, coffee . To this end, a new central coffee market was set up in 2011. In addition, peanuts, cassava , beans, corn, sweet potatoes , avocado , bananas, sugar cane and vegetables are grown in the district.

Investments in the hotel and tourism sector have also been made in Mucaba since 2010,

In 2012 Mucaba also received a number of new buildings, including a municipal market hall, in addition to a hospital, schools and housing projects, etc. a. A thermal power plant has also gone into operation in the district.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Article of October 20, 2012 by the state news agency ANGOP , accessed on April 19, 2014
  2. ^ Carlos de Matos Gomes, Fernando Farinha: Guerra Colonial. To repórter em Angola. 2nd edition, Editorial Notícias, Lisbon 2001, pp. 66 ff, ISBN 972-46-1299-6
  3. ^ List of street names of the "Heroes of Mucaba" in the Portuguese address directory www.portugalio.com, accessed on April 23, 2014
  4. ↑ Article of December 16, 2011 at www.angolabelazebelo.com, accessed on April 19, 2014
  5. ^ Article of January 29, 2010 by the state news agency ANGOP , accessed on April 19, 2014