Bas-Uele

Bas-Uele Province
Province
Coordinates: 2°48′8.84″N 24°44′1.17″E / 2.8024556°N 24.7336583°ECoordinates: 2°48′8.84″N 24°44′1.17″E / 2.8024556°N 24.7336583°E
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital	Buta
Government
• Governor	Armand Kasumbu[1]
Area
• Total	148,331 km^2 (57,271 sq mi)
Population (2005 est.)
• Total	1,093,845
• Density	7.4/km^2 (19/sq mi)
Official language	French
National language	Lingala

Bas-Uele (French for "Lower Uele") is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] Its capital is the town of Buta.^[3]

History

From 1966 to 2015, Bas-Uele was administered as a district as part of Orientale Province.

Administration

Bas-Uele lies in the north-east of the DRC on the Uele River (the French name for the district means "Lower Uele"). The province includes the following territories:^[4]

• Aketi
• Ango
• Bambesa
• Bondo
• Buta
• Poko

People

Most of the inhabitants of the Bas-Uele Province, with a population of 900,000 in 2007, are Boa people. They live mainly through subsistence farming and hunting, with some river commerce.^[5]

References

1. "RDC: liste de nouveaux gouverneurs de province élus". Radio Okapi. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
2. Central Intelligence Agency (2016). "Democratic Republic of the Congo". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
3. "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.
4. X. Blaes, PNUD-SIG (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). UNOCHA and PNUD. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
5. Emizet F. Kisangani, F. Scott Bobb (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scarecrow Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-8108-5761-8.