Negage | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Population Total: | 137559 |
Population As Of: | 2014 Census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Urban Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Urban: | 92950 |
Pushpin Map: | Angola |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Angola |
Coordinates: | -7.7667°N 31°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Angola |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Uíge Province |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Negage is a town and municipality (município) of the Uíge province in Angola.[3] [4] The municipality had a population of 137,559 in 2014.[5] It is served by Negage Airport.
The city is crossed by the Cauã River. The soil is arable and the area is noted for coffee production. It has a mission of Capuchin priests, a church dating from the 1970s, and two soccer fields located in the neighborhood of Capopa. It has a hospital and clinic space for more than 40 beds, and provided housing for clinicians, doctors and nurses within the hospital perimeter.