Orientale Province

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Orientale Province Province Orientale
Province

Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital	Kisangani
Government
• Governor	Jean Bamanisa Saidi
Area
• Total	503,239 km² (194,302 sq mi)
Population (2010 est.)
• Total	8,197,975
• Density	16/km² (42/sq mi)
Official language	French
National language	Swahili, Lingala

Orientale (French: Province orientale) (also Oriental; formerly Haut-Zaïre, then Haut-Congo) is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The province lies in the northeast of the country. It borders Équateur to the west, Kasaï-Oriental province to the southwest, Maniema to the south, and North Kivu to the southeast. It also borders the Central African Republic and South Sudan to the north, and Uganda to the east. The provincial capital is Kisangani.

The province is divided into the Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele and Tshopo districts and the Ituri Interim Administration. Under the 2006 constitution, these were supposed to become provinces in 2009.

History

In 1998 the Orientale villages of Durba and Watsa were the center of an outbreak of Marburg virus disease among gold mine workers.

The Ituri district of Orientale was the scene of the Ituri conflict.

Divisions

Name	District	Territory	Pop. 2010^[1]	Coordinates^[1]
Aketi	Bas-Uele District	Aketi Territory	40,507	2°44′N 23°47′E / 2.74°N 23.78°E / 2.74; 23.78 (Aketi)
Ango	Bas-Uele District	Ango Territory	8,381	4°02′N 25°52′E / 4.03°N 25.87°E / 4.03; 25.87 (Ango)
Aru	Ituri Interim Administration	Aru Territory	29,801	2°52′N 30°51′E / 2.87°N 30.85°E / 2.87; 30.85 (Aru)
Bafwasende	Tshopo District	Bafwasende Territory	14,504	1°05′N 27°16′E / 1.08°N 27.27°E / 1.08; 27.27 (Bafwasende)
Bambesa	Bas-Uele District	Bambesa Territory	14,959	3°28′N 25°43′E / 3.47°N 25.72°E / 3.47; 25.72 (Bambesa)
Basoko	Tshopo District	Basoko Territory	50,352	1°14′N 23°35′E / 1.24°N 23.59°E / 1.24; 23.59 (Basoko)
Bondo	Bas-Uele District	Bondo Territory	18,118	3°49′N 23°40′E / 3.81°N 23.67°E / 3.81; 23.67 (Bondo)
Bunia	Ituri Interim Administration	Irumu Territory	327,837	1°34′N 30°14′E / 1.56°N 30.24°E / 1.56; 30.24 (Bunia)
Buta	Bas-Uele District	Buta Territory	53,401	2°49′N 24°44′E / 2.82°N 24.74°E / 2.82; 24.74 (Buta)
Djugu	Ituri Interim Administration	Djugu Territory	27,112	1°55′N 30°30′E / 1.92°N 30.50°E / 1.92; 30.50 (Djugu)
Dungu	Haut-Uele District	Dungu Territory	26,894	3°37′N 28°34′E / 3.62°N 28.57°E / 3.62; 28.57 (Dungu)
Irumu	Ituri Interim Administration	Irumu Territory	10,387	1°27′N 29°52′E / 1.45°N 29.87°E / 1.45; 29.87 (Irumu)
Isiro	Haut-Uele District	Rungu Territory	174,551	2°46′N 27°37′E / 2.76°N 27.62°E / 2.76; 27.62 (Isiro)
Kisangani	Tshopo District	n/a	868,672	0°32′N 25°11′E / 0.53°N 25.19°E / 0.53; 25.19 (Kisangani)
Kituku	Ituri Interim Administration	Irumu Territory	43,460	1°06′N 29°58′E / 1.10°N 29.97°E / 1.10; 29.97 (Kituku)
Mahagi	Ituri Interim Administration	Mahagi Territory	18,743	2°18′N 30°59′E / 2.30°N 30.98°E / 2.30; 30.98 (Mahagi)
Mongbwalu	Ituri Interim Administration	Djugu Territory	29,672	1°57′N 30°02′E / 1.95°N 30.03°E / 1.95; 30.03 (Mongbwalu)
Niangara	Haut-Uele District	Niangara Territory	13,504	3°42′N 27°52′E / 3.70°N 27.87°E / 3.70; 27.87 (Niangara)
Opala	Tshopo District	Opala Territory	15,569	1°17′N 27°16′E / 1.28°N 27.27°E / 1.28; 27.27 (Opala)
Poko	Bas-Uele District	Poko Territory	10,873	3°09′N 26°53′E / 3.15°N 26.88°E / 3.15; 26.88 (Poko)
Ubundu	Tshopo District	Ubundu Territory	13,332	0°21′S 25°29′E / 0.35°S 25.48°E / -0.35; 25.48 (Ubundu)
Wamba	Haut-Uele District	Wamba Territory	17,651	2°08′N 27°59′E / 2.14°N 27.99°E / 2.14; 27.99 (Wamba)
Watsa	Haut-Uele District	Watsa Territory	31,978	3°02′N 29°32′E / 3.04°N 29.53°E / 3.04; 29.53 (Watsa)
Yahuma	Tshopo District	Yahuma Territory	4,857	1°05′N 23°13′E / 1.08°N 23.22°E / 1.08; 23.22 (Yahuma)
Yangambi	Tshopo District	Isangi Territory	40,932	0°46′N 24°26′E / 0.77°N 24.43°E / 0.77; 24.43 (Yangambi)

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Haut-Congo: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2013-02-10.

External links

Site of the province (Gouverneur and province assembly), in French
Bamanisajean.unblog.fr is Governor Jean Bamanisa's blog site.
Stanleyville.be City of Kisangani Website.
@Prov_orientale Twitter for Orentale Provincial Government
Facebook Orentale Provincial Government
CDC "Map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo indicating the neighboring villages of Durba and Watsa, the epicenter of the 1998 outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever."

v t e Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Current provinces	Bandundu Bas-Congo Équateur Kasaï-Occidental Kasaï-Oriental Katanga Kinshasa Maniema North Kivu Orientale South Kivu

1962-1966	Cuvette-Centrale Ubangi Moyen-Congo Lomami Luluabourg Sankuru Sud-Kasaï Unité Kasaïenne Lualaba Katanga Oriental Nord-Katanga Congo Central Kwango Kwilu Mai-Ndombe Maniema Kivu Central Nord-Kivu Kibali-Ituri Uele Haut-Congo

See also Proposed provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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