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Ugep
Ugep (Umor Otutu), town and headquarters of Yakurr LGA, Cross River State, Nigeria; principal Yakurr settlement, home of the Leboku New Yam Festival, yam-centered agrarian economy, Lokaa language.
Uíge
Uíge (Uíje), formerly Carmona (1954–1975), is the capital of Uíge Province in northern Angola. Founded in 1917 as a Portuguese fort, it became the center of Angola's Robusta coffee industry; 2024 census: 773,099 in the municipality.
Umuahia
Umuahia, capital of Abia State, Nigeria, since 1991, in the Igbo South-East; former Biafran capital (1967-1969) and colonial railway town (station 1916); split into Umuahia North and South LGAs.
Uvira
Uvira, also called cité d'Uvira, is a lake port city at the northern tip of Lake Tanganyika in South Kivu, DR Congo, near Burundi; a historic Arab-Swahili trading post with Port Kalundu, occupied by M23 from December 2025 to January 2026.
Uyo
Uyo is the capital of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, since 1987, an Ibibio city and LGA of 362 km². UN estimates 1.57 million residents in 2025; rapid unplanned expansion, oil-funded growth, and infrastructure gaps define it.
Warri
Warri, Nigeria: oil and port city in Delta State, western Niger Delta, seat of the Warri Kingdom under the Olu of Warri (Ogiame Atuwatse III). Known for its 1978 refinery, multi-ethnic Ijaw-Itsekiri-Urhobo politics, and the 2022-ordered ward delineation.
Winneba
Winneba, traditionally known as Simpa, is a historic coastal fishing town in Ghana's Central Region between Accra and Cape Coast, famous for the Effutu people's Aboakyer deer-hunting festival.
Yamoussoukro
Yamoussoukro, official political capital of Côte d'Ivoire since the 1983 law n°83-242, is Félix Houphouët-Boigny's birthplace, home of the world's largest church, the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, while Abidjan remains the economic capital.
Yaoundé
Yaoundé, capital of Cameroon in the Centre Region, founded as the German station Yaunde in 1889; grew from 1.8 million (2005) to 3.32 million (2020), with slums, drainage deficits, and planned BRT transit.
Yendi
Yendi is a town in Ghana's Northern Region, about 60 miles east of Tamale, and the traditional capital of the Dagbon kingdom, seat of its king, the Ya-Na.
Yola
Yola, Nigeria: capital of Adamawa State, founded 1841 by Modibbo Adama as Adamawa Emirate capital, seat of the Lamido, on the Benue River; twin city Jimeta; state capital since 1991.
Zaria
Zaria is a major city and traditional emirate in Kaduna State, northern Nigeria. It historically served as the seat of the Zazzau Kingdom and is home to Ahmadu Bello University.
Ziguinchor
Ziguinchor, capital of Senegal's Ziguinchor Region and main city of Casamance on the Casamance River; regional population 628,865 (2024), rice farming, urban agriculture, MFDC conflict since 1982 with 2025 peace accord, airport and Agropole Sud projects.
Zinder (city)
Zinder, locally known as Damagaram and formerly spelled Sinder, is a city in southern Niger, capital of Zinder Region, about 900 km east of Niamey.