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Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area. With more than 900,000,000 people (as of 2005) in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14% of the world's human population. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. There are 46 countries including Madagascar, and 53 including all the island groups. |
| Uíge is a province of Angola. It has an area of 58,698 km² and a population of approximately 800,000. Uige is the capital of the province. Municipalities in this province include Zombo, Quimbele, Damba, Mucaba, Macocola, Bembe, Buengas, Sanza Pombo, Alto Cauale, Puri, Negage, Quitexe, Ambuila and Songo.
Its primary agricultural products include coffee, beans, cassava, grain, peanuts, cotton, and wood. Important mineralogical resources include copper, silver, and cobalt.
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 into 2005, Uige Province was the center of an outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever, a disease closely related to Ebola. Now thought to be under control, it was the world's worst epidemic of any kind of hemorrhagic fever.
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