Orientale is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

There are currently ten provinces and one city-province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:* An Ituri Interim Administration also exists in the Ituri region of Orientale province- Proposed provinces :...

. The province lies in the northeast of the country. It borders Équateur

Équateur

Équateur is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is in the north of the country, and bordered the Republic of the Congo to the west, the Central African Republic to the north, to the east the Orientale province, and to the south the Kasai-Oriental, Kasai-Occidental, and...

 province to the west, Kasai-Oriental

Kasai-Oriental

Kasai-Oriental is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It borders the provinces of Kasai-Occidental to the west, Équateur to the northwest, Orientale to the northeast, Maniema to the east, and Katanga to the south. Kasai-Oriental is one of the richest diamond producing...

 province to the southwest, Maniema

Maniema

Maniema is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Kindu.Following the 2005 Constitution , 25 new provinces were to be created from the 10 current provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...

 province to the south, and Nord-Kivu

Nord-Kivu

Nord-Kivu is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Its capital is Goma....

 province to the southeast. It also borders the Central African Republic

Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...

 and South Sudan

South Sudan

South Sudan , officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country located in the Sahel region of northeastern Africa. It is also part of the North Africa UN sub-region. Its current capital is Juba, which is also its largest city; the capital city is planned to be moved to the more...

 to the north, and Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

 to the east. The provincial capital is Kisangani

Kisangani

Kisangani is the capital of Orientale Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the 3rd largest urbanized city in the country and the largest of the cities that lie in the tropical woodlands of the Congo....

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Following the 2005 Constitution (effective 18 February 2006), Orientale was to be divided into four new provinces within 36 months (18 February 2009): Bas-Uele

Bas-Uele Province

Bas-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months...

, Haut-Uele

Haut-Uele Province

Haut-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...

, Ituri, and Tshopo

Tshopo Province

Tshopo is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from the country's existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...

. As of October 2010, this had not taken place.

History

In 1998 the Orientale villages of Durba and Watsa

Watsa

Watsa is a community in Province Orientale of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, administrative center of the Watsa Territory.Watsa was the location of the VI battalion of the Force Publique in the 1940s and 1950s....

 were the center of an outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever among gold mine workers.

The Ituri

Ituri

Ituri may refer to:* Ituri Interim Administration, an interim administration in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo* Ituri Province, a proposed province in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo* Ituri Rainforest* Ituri River...

 district of Orientale was the scene of Ituri conflict

Ituri Conflict

The Ituri conflict is a conflict between the agriculturalist Lendu and pastoralist Hema ethnic groups in the Ituri region of the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo . While there have been many phases to the conflict, the most recent armed clashes ran from 1999 to 2003, with a low-level...

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Cities and towns

Name	Pop. 2010	Coordinates	Future province
Aketi Aketi Aketi is a town in Bas-Uele District, Orientale Province of northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the seat of Aketi Territory. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 38,588....	40,507	2.74°N 23.78°E	Bas-Uele Bas-Uele Province Bas-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months...
Ango	8,381	4.03°N 25.87°E	Bas-Uele Bas-Uele Province Bas-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months...
Aru Aru, Democratic Republic of the Congo Aru is town and seat of Aru Territory in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Aru has a small airport but no public electricity grid as of 2010.-References:...	29,801	2.87°N 30.85°E	Ituri
Bafwasende Bafwasende Bafwasende is a town in Tshopo District in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies on the Lindi River.-External links:**...	14,504	1.08°N 27.27°E	Tshopo Tshopo Province Tshopo is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from the country's existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...
Bambesa	14,959	3.47°N 25.72°E	Bas-Uele Bas-Uele Province Bas-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months...
Basoko Basoko Basoko is a town on the Congo River in Tshopo District of northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 47,970....  (Basoko-Bandu)	50,352	1.24°N 23.59°E	Tshopo Tshopo Province Tshopo is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from the country's existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...
Bondo	18,118	3.81°N 23.67°E	Bas-Uele Bas-Uele Province Bas-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months...
Bunia Bunia Bunia is a city in Democratic Republic of the Congo and is the headquarters of Ituri Interim Administration in the Ituri region of Orientale Province....	327,837	1.56°N 30.24°E	Ituri
Buta Buta Buta is a town and seat of Buta Territory in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Rubi River, a tributary of the Itimbiri River. It is headquarters of the Bas-Uele District, Orientale Province...	53,401	2.82°N 24.74°E	Bas-Uele Bas-Uele Province Bas-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months...
Djugu	27,112	1.92°N 30.50°E	Ituri
Dungu Dungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Dungu is a town in Haut-Uele District located at the confluence of the Dungu and Kibali Rivers where they join to form the Uele River, south of the Garamba National Park. Dungu's terrain is wooded savannah, and its climate is tropical....	26,894	3.62°N 28.57°E	Haut-Uele Haut-Uele Province Haut-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...
Irumu	10,387	1.45°N 29.87°E	Ituri
Isiro Isiro Isiro is the capital of Haut-Uele District 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 150,000...  (Paulis)	174,551	2.76°N 27.62°E	Haut-Uele Haut-Uele Province Haut-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...
Kisangani Kisangani Kisangani is the capital of Orientale Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the 3rd largest urbanized city in the country and the largest of the cities that lie in the tropical woodlands of the Congo....  (Stanleyville)	868,672	0.53°N 25.19°E	Tshopo Tshopo Province Tshopo is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from the country's existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...
Kituku	43,460	1.10°N 29.97°E
Mahagi	18,743	2.30°N 30.98°E	Ituri
Mongbwalu	29,672	1.95°N 30.03°E	Ituri
Niangara Niangara Niangara Territory is a town in the Haut-Uele District of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lying on both sides of the Uele River. It is the headquarters of the Niangara Territory.The town has a hospital operated by Médecins sans Frontières....	13,504	3.70°N 27.87°E	Haut-Uele Haut-Uele Province Haut-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...
Nioki	40,979	2.17°N 30.65°E
Opala Opala, Democratic Republic of the Congo Opala is a city in the Tshopo District of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the administrative center of the Opala Section and of the Opala Territory. The town lies on the left bank of the Lomami River....	15,569	1.28°N 27.27°E	Tshopo Tshopo Province Tshopo is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from the country's existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...
Poko	10,873	3.15°N 26.88°E	Bas-Uele Bas-Uele Province Bas-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months...
Ubundu Ubundu Ubundu, formerly known as Ponthierville or Ponthierstad, is a city located in Tshopo District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is on the Congo River, just above the Boyoma Falls...	13,332	0.35°S 25.48°E	Tshopo Tshopo Province Tshopo is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from the country's existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...
Wamba Wamba, Haut-Uele District Wamba is a town in the Haut-Uele District of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the administrative center of the Wamba Territory.-Location and people:...	17,651	2.14°N 27.99°E	Haut-Uele Haut-Uele Province Haut-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...
Watsa Watsa Watsa is a community in Province Orientale of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, administrative center of the Watsa Territory.Watsa was the location of the VI battalion of the Force Publique in the 1940s and 1950s....	31,978	3.04°N 29.53°E	Haut-Uele Haut-Uele Province Haut-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...
Yahuma Yahuma Yahuma is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Tshopo District.-Reference:* Retrieved December 8, 2010....	4,857	1.08°N 23.22°E	Tshopo Tshopo Province Tshopo is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from the country's existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...
Yangambi Yangambi Yangambi is a city in the Isangi territory of Tshopo District, Democratic Republic of the Congo.-Location:Yangambi is on the north side of the Congo River and lies on the R408 road which connects it to Kisangani to the east....	40,932	0.77°N 24.43°E	Tshopo Tshopo Province Tshopo is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from the country's existing 10 provinces within 36 months . As of October 2010, this had not taken place...

External links

• 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."
• Site of the province (Gouverneur and provnce assembly), in french