Bas-Uele
Sign in to saveBas-Uélé (French for "Lower Uélé") is one of the 21 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-Uele District whose town of Buta was elevated to capital city of the new province.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bas-Uélé
- Settlement.native_name
- Province du Bas-Uélé (French)Wɛlɛ ya Nsé (Lingala)
- Settlement.type
- Province
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Domaine de chasse de Rubi-Télé, RDC.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Rubi-Tele Hunting Reserve
- Settlement.image_seal
- Emblem of Bas Uele Province.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 provinces) - Bas-Uele.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 2015
- Settlement.named_for
- Uélé River
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.seat
- Buta
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Official language
- Settlement.blank_info_sec1
- French
- Settlement.blank1_name_sec1
- National language
- Settlement.blank1_info_sec1
- Pa-Zande (Zande language) and Lingala
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 148331
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Bas-Uélé (French for "Lower Uélé") is one of the 21 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-Uele District whose town of Buta was elevated to capital city of the new province.
==Administration== thumb|right|upright=1.1|alt=Map of Bas-Uélé showing tree-cover loss years, with forest remaining since 2000 in green and loss years shaded yellow through purple.|Tree-cover loss year in Bas-Uélé, 2001-2024, from the Global Forest Change dataset. Bas-Uélé lies in the north-east of DRC on the Uélé River (the French name for the province means "Lower Uélé"). The province includes the following territories: Aketi Ango Bambesa Bondo Buta Poko