Buta

Buta
Buta
Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coordinates:
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo
Province Orientale Province
District Bas-Uele District
Population (2009)
 • Total 50,130

Buta is a town and seat of Buta Territory in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Rubi River, a tributary of the Itimbiri River. It is headquarters of the Bas-Uele District, Orientale Province. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 50,130.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Congo (Dem. Rep.): largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-46. Retrieved January 21, 2009. 
  2. ^ Doctors Without Borders Intervenes in Plague Outbreak in Congo
Capitals of the proposed Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2005 Constitution)
Boende (Tshuapa) • Bukavu (Sud-Kivu) • Bunia (Ituri) • Buta (Bas-Uele) • Gbadolite (Nord-Ubangi) • Gemena (Sud-Ubangi) • Goma (Nord-Kivu) • Inongo (Mai-Ndombe) • Isiro (Haut-Uele) • Lisala (Mongala) • Lodja (Sankuru) • Lubumbashi (Haut‑Katanga) • Luebo (Kasaï) • Kabinda (Lomami) • Kalemie (Tanganyika) • Kamina (Haut-Lomami) • Kananga (Lulua) • Kenge (Kwango) • Kinshasa • Kikwit (Kwilu) • Kindu (Maniema) • Kisangani (Tshopo) • Kolwezi (Lualaba) • Matadi (Kongo Central) • Mbandaka (Équateur) • Mbuji-Mayi (Kasaï Oriental)
Provinces are shown between brackets