Orientale Province

Orientale Province
Province Orientale
Province
Country  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital Kisangani
Area
 • Total 503,239 km2 (194,302 sq mi)
Population (2010 est.)
 • Total 8,197,975
 • Density 16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Official language French
National language Swahili, Lingala

Orientale (French: Province orientale) (also Oriental; formerly Haut-Zaïre, then Haut-Congo) is one of the eleven former provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The province lay in the northeast of the country. It bordered Équateur to the west, Kasaï-Oriental province to the southwest, Maniema to the south, and North Kivu to the southeast. It also bordered the Central African Republic and South Sudan to the north, and Uganda to the east. The provincial capital is Kisangani.

The province was divided into the Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele and Tshopo districts and the Ituri Interim Administration. These became provinces in 2015 under the 2006 constitution.

History

Orientale Province was formed in 1966 from the amalgamation of the regions of Uele, Kibali-Ituri and Haut-Congo. In 2015, the province dissolved into the provinces of Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, Ituri and Tshopo.

In 1998 the Orientale villages of Durba and Watsa were the center of an outbreak of Marburg virus disease among gold mine workers.

The Ituri district of Orientale was the scene of the Ituri conflict.

As of 2014, militia groups continue to fight in the province and have reportedly committed many atrocities against the local population, such as forcing women into sex slavery and forcing men to work in mines.[1]

Approximate correspondence between historical and current province

Approximate correspondence between historical and current province
Belgian Congo Republic of the Congo Zaire Democratic Republic of the Congo
1908191919321947196319661971198819972015
22 districts4 provinces6 provinces6 provinces21 provinces + capital8 provinces + capital8 provinces + capital11 provinces11 provinces26 provinces
Bas-Uele Orientale Stanleyville Orientale Uele Orientale Haut-Zaïre Orientale Bas-Uele
Haut-Uele Haut-Uele
Ituri Kibali-Ituri Ituri
Stanleyville Haut-Congo Tshopo
Aruwimi
Maniema Costermansville Kivu Maniema Kivu Maniema
Lowa
Kivu Nord-Kivu Nord-Kivu
Kivu-Central Sud-Kivu

Current divisions

NameDistrictTerritoryPop. 2010[2]Coordinates[2]
AketiBas-Uele DistrictAketi Territory40,5072°44′N 23°47′E / 2.74°N 23.78°E / 2.74; 23.78 (Aketi)
AngoBas-Uele DistrictAngo Territory8,3814°02′N 25°52′E / 4.03°N 25.87°E / 4.03; 25.87 (Ango)
AruIturi Interim AdministrationAru Territory29,8012°52′N 30°51′E / 2.87°N 30.85°E / 2.87; 30.85 (Aru)
BafwasendeTshopo DistrictBafwasende Territory14,5041°05′N 27°16′E / 1.08°N 27.27°E / 1.08; 27.27 (Bafwasende)
BambesaBas-Uele DistrictBambesa Territory14,9593°28′N 25°43′E / 3.47°N 25.72°E / 3.47; 25.72 (Bambesa)
BasokoTshopo DistrictBasoko Territory50,3521°14′N 23°35′E / 1.24°N 23.59°E / 1.24; 23.59 (Basoko)
BondoBas-Uele DistrictBondo Territory18,1183°49′N 23°40′E / 3.81°N 23.67°E / 3.81; 23.67 (Bondo)
BuniaIturi Interim AdministrationIrumu Territory327,8371°34′N 30°14′E / 1.56°N 30.24°E / 1.56; 30.24 (Bunia)
ButaBas-Uele DistrictButa Territory53,4012°49′N 24°44′E / 2.82°N 24.74°E / 2.82; 24.74 (Buta)
DjuguIturi Interim AdministrationDjugu Territory27,1121°55′N 30°30′E / 1.92°N 30.50°E / 1.92; 30.50 (Djugu)
DunguHaut-Uele DistrictDungu Territory26,8943°37′N 28°34′E / 3.62°N 28.57°E / 3.62; 28.57 (Dungu)
IrumuIturi Interim AdministrationIrumu Territory10,3871°27′N 29°52′E / 1.45°N 29.87°E / 1.45; 29.87 (Irumu)
IsiroHaut-Uele DistrictRangu Territory174,5512°46′N 27°37′E / 2.76°N 27.62°E / 2.76; 27.62 (Isiro)
KisanganiTshopo Districtn/a868,6720°32′N 25°11′E / 0.53°N 25.19°E / 0.53; 25.19 (Kisangani)
KitukuIturi Interim AdministrationIrumu Territory43,4601°06′N 29°58′E / 1.10°N 29.97°E / 1.10; 29.97 (Kituku)
MahagiIturi Interim AdministrationMahagi Territory18,7432°18′N 30°59′E / 2.30°N 30.98°E / 2.30; 30.98 (Mahagi)
MongbwaluIturi Interim AdministrationDjugu Territory29,6721°57′N 30°02′E / 1.95°N 30.03°E / 1.95; 30.03 (Mongbwalu)
NiangaraHaut-Uele DistrictNiangara Territory13,5043°42′N 27°52′E / 3.70°N 27.87°E / 3.70; 27.87 (Niangara)
OpalaTshopo DistrictOpala Territory15,5691°17′N 27°16′E / 1.28°N 27.27°E / 1.28; 27.27 (Opala)
PokoBas-Uele DistrictPoko Territory10,8733°09′N 26°53′E / 3.15°N 26.88°E / 3.15; 26.88 (Poko)
UbunduTshopo DistrictUbundu Territory13,3320°21′S 25°29′E / 0.35°S 25.48°E / -0.35; 25.48 (Ubundu)
WambaHaut-Uele DistrictWamba Territory17,6512°08′N 27°59′E / 2.14°N 27.99°E / 2.14; 27.99 (Wamba)
WatsaHaut-Uele DistrictWatsa Territory31,9783°02′N 29°32′E / 3.04°N 29.53°E / 3.04; 29.53 (Watsa)
YahumaTshopo DistrictYahuma Territory4,8571°05′N 23°13′E / 1.08°N 23.22°E / 1.08; 23.22 (Yahuma)
YangambiTshopo DistrictIsangi Territory40,9320°46′N 24°26′E / 0.77°N 24.43°E / 0.77; 24.43 (Yangambi)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sexual slavery rife in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  2. 1 2 "Haut-Congo: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2013-02-10.

Bibliography

  • Gwillim Law (1999). "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. US: McFarland & Company. pp. 92–94. ISBN 0786407298.
  • Site of the province (Gouverneur and province assembly), in French
  • Bamanisajean.unblog.fr is Governor Jean Bamanisa's blog site.
  • Stanleyville.be City of Kisangani Website.
  • @Prov_orientale Twitter for Orentale Provincial Government
  • Facebook Orentale Provincial Government
  • CDC "Map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo indicating the neighboring villages of Durba and Watsa, the epicenter of the 1998 outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever."
  • "Liste des gouverneurs de la Province Orientale". Stanleyville.be (in French). Jean-Luc Ernst. (1913-1960); +1960-2015




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