Bas-Uélé


Bas-Uélé is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Orientale Province. Bas-Uélé was formed from the Bas-Uélé district whose town of Buta was elevated to capital city of the new province.

Administration

Bas-Uélé lies in the north-east of the DRC on the Uélé River.
The province includes the following territories:
Most of the inhabitants of the Bas-Uélé Province, with a population of 900,000 in 2007, are Azandé people. There are others peoples like Boa, Bakere, Balele, Bakango, Babenza, etc., are also present in this province.
They live mainly through subsistence farming and hunting, with some river commerce.

Ebola

Three people have been reported dead and six suspected with the Ebola virus. The nation has declared an Ebola outbreak.