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Bas-Uélé
View on WikipediaBas-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.[2] Bas-Uélé was formed from the Bas-Uele District whose town of Buta was elevated to capital city of the new province.[3]
Key Information
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Administration
[edit]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:[4]
People
[edit]Most of the inhabitants of the Bas-Uélé Province, with a population of 900,000 in 2007, are Azandé people. There are other peoples such as the Boa, Bakere, Balele, Bakango, Babenza, etc., who are also present in this province. They live mainly through subsistence farming and hunting, with some river commerce.[5]
Ebola
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Three people have been reported dead and six suspected with the Ebola virus. The nation has declared an Ebola outbreak.[6] Since the authentic announcement of the epidemic by using the country’s Ministry of Health on 12 May, two person have been declared Ebola-positive, one died from the disease. In order to forestall the unfold of the disease, all human beings with hemorrhagic fever are being tracked, their blood analyzed, and the fitness state of affairs of all human beings who had been in contact with a suspected case are intently monitored.[7]
Sources
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References
[edit]- ^ Nzema Adja, Rodrigue (26 June 2024). "Bas-Uele : Jean-Robert NZANZA Bombiti passe officiellement le flambeau à Mike MOKENI". Depeches de la Tshopo (in French). Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Découpage territorial : procédures d'installation de nouvelles provinces". Radio Okapi (in French). 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.
- ^ X. Blaes, PNUD-SIG (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). UNOCHA and PNUD. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ^ Emizet F. Kisangani, F. Scott Bobb (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scarecrow Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-8108-5761-2.
- ^ Hodal, Kate (2017-05-12). "Ebola outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of the Congo after three die". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ "Community health volunteers deployed across the Bas-Uele Province to contain the outbreak of the Ebola virus". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
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