Santa Cruz (Angola)
| Santa Cruz (Milunga) | |||
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| Coordinates | 6 ° 59 ′ S , 16 ° 8 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Angola | ||
| Uíge | |||
| Município | Santa Cruz | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | AO-UIG | ||
| Comuna | Santa Cruz | ||
| Residents | 77,779 (2014) | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Delfina António Henriques | ||
Santa Cruz (also Milunga ) is a city and a district in Angola .
history
Santa Cruz was one of the first goals of the independence movement UPA ( União das Populações do Norte de Angola , from 1962 FNLA ), with which the Portuguese colonial war began in Angola in March 1961 . The successful resistance of the local population, the majority of which consisted of Portuguese settlers, was spread by Portuguese propaganda as a heroic act against the terrorist attacks of the insurgents infiltrating from abroad.
After Angola's independence in 1975, Santa Cruz, like many other places, dropped its Portuguese place name and adopted the name Milunga. In the meantime the city is mostly called Santa Cruz again.
administration
Santa Cruz is the seat of a district of the same name ( Município ) in the province of Uíge . The district has 77,779 inhabitants (extrapolated estimate 2014). From now on, the 2014 census should provide reliable population data.
Four communities (Comunas) make up the Santa Cruz district:
Web links
- Santa Cruz County profile on the 2014 Census Official Website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article from March 11, 2014 on the inauguration of the new municipal market hall in Milunga , state news agency ANGOP , accessed on April 23, 2014
- ^ Carlos de Matos Gomes, Fernando Farinha: Guerra Colonial. To repórter em Angola . 2nd edition, Editorial Notícias, Lisbon 2001, pp. 40ff, ISBN 972-46-1299-6
- ↑ Article from March 10, 2014 about new classrooms in the Macocola municipality , state news agency ANGOP, accessed on April 23, 2014