Buta

Coordinates: 2°48′N 24°44′E / 2.8, 24.733
Buta
Buta Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Province	Bas-Uele Province

Buta is a town in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Itimbiri River, and headquarters of the Bas-Uele Province to be inaugurated by 2009. It is home to an airport and lies on the defunct narrow gauge railway from Bumba to Isiro.

In early 2005 the town was the centre of an outbreak of pulmonary plague.

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