Isiro
Sign in to saveIsiro () is the capital of Haut-Uele Province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies between the equatorial forest and the savannah and its main resource is coffee. Isiro's population is estimated at approximately 182,000. Most people speak Pa-Zande (Zande language), Lingala and Swahili.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Isiro
- Settlement.official_name
- ''Ville d'Isiro''
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Provincial capital and city
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- 250px
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- Isiro, circa 1942
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- Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- bottom
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- Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Country
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- 25px DR Congo
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Haut-Uele
- Settlement.parts_type
- Communes
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.p1
- Kupa
- Settlement.p2
- Mambaya
- Settlement.p3
- Mendambo
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Isiro () is the capital of Haut-Uele Province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies between the equatorial forest and the savannah and its main resource is coffee. Isiro's population is estimated at approximately 182,000. Most people speak Pa-Zande (Zande language), Lingala and Swahili.
==History== Isiro was named Paulis after colonel, later diplomat, when it was part of the Belgian Congo. The city was developed in 1934 and reached its peak in 1957. In the troubled days of Congo's independence and its aftermath, operation Black Dragoon brought fighting between Belgian paratroopers and local Simba militias.