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Watsa is a community in the Haut-Uele Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, administrative center of the Watsa Territory. It is served by Watsa Airport, a grass airstrip south of the town.

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Place details

Locality
Watsa
Region
Haut-Uele
Country
République démocratique du Congo
Population
47,278
Timezone
Africa/Lubumbashi

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Watsa
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Haut-Uele
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Territory
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Watsa Territory
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Metric
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.blank_name_sec1
Climate
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Am
Settlement.blank_name_sec2
National language
Settlement.blank_info_sec2
Lingala

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Located in
Haut-Uele
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twinned administrative body
Dodoma
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Encyclopedic overview

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Watsa is a community in the Haut-Uele Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, administrative center of the Watsa Territory. It is served by Watsa Airport, a grass airstrip south of the town.

Watsa was the location of the VI battalion of the Force Publique in the 1940s and 1950s.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Watsa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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