Haut-Uele District

Coordinates: 2°46′35″N 27°37′04″E / 2.776394°N 27.617912°E / 2.776394; 27.617912

Location of Haut-Uele district in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Haut-Uele District is a district located in Orientale Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The district takes its name, which means "upper Uele" in French, from the Uele River.

Administration

The principal communities are Niangara, Dungu, Faradje, Watsa, Rungu, Isiro and Wamba.[1] The capital of the district is the town of Isiro.[2]

Territories are

Proposed province

Under the 2006 constitution, the Haut-Uele district was to become a new Haut-Uele Province within 36 months, by 18 February 2009.[3] As of October 2010, this had not taken place.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Blaes, X. (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). PNUD-SIG. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
  2. ↑ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.
  3. ↑ "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 226". Wikisource.
  4. ↑ "The AMP conclave: Another step towards 2011 elections". Congo Siasa.


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