Uaco Cungo | |
Official Name: | Waku-Kungo |
Other Name: | Santa Coma |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Pushpin Map: | Angola |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Angola |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Cuanza Sul |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Cela |
Area Total Km2: | 1430 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 1475 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 150593 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | -11.3583°N 15.1194°W |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Climate |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | Cwb |
Uaco Cungo (before 1975 Santa Comba, also Waco Kungo or Cela) is a town, with a population of 90,000 (2014),[3] and a commune located in Cela Municipality in the Cuanza Sul Province in Angola. The Population of the commune is 150,593 (2014). The town is served by Waco Kungo Airport.
On August 6, 1975, the civil war between UNITA, FNLA and MPLA forced local residents to leave their homes causing a total collapse of infrastructure that lasted over 30 years while the cold war persisted. Most of the residents of Waku Kungo, then Santa Comba, were rescued by the International Red Cross and air-lifted to Portugal. It was the site of a 1994 bombing of a school, resulting in the death of 89 children.