Wamba Territory is a part of the Haut-Uele District

Haut-Uele District

Haut-Uele District is a district located in Orientale Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....

 of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

. The administrative center is the town of 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:...

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Mining

As of 2011, Kilo Goldmines was active in a joint venture with Somituri sprl, a local company, in exploiting properties in the territories of Mambasa

Mambasa Territory

Mambasa Territory is an administrative area in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The headquarters is in the town of Mambasa....

 and Wamba near the village of Nia Nia

Nia Nia

Nia Nia is a village in the extreme west of the Mambasa Territory of the Ituri Interim Administration in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is in the center of the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a rich area of tropical rainforest, and can be reached only via roads that are often impassable...

. Colonial mines produced gold in this area from the 1920s until 1958.

Divisions

The territory is divided into chiefdoms:

• Mabudu-Malika-Baberu Chiefdom
• Bafwakoy Chiefdom
• Balika-Toriko Chiefdom
• Malika Chiefdom
• Bafwagada Chiefdom
• Wadimbisa-Mabudu Chiefdom
• Timoniko Chiefdom
• Makoda Chiefdom
• Mangbele Chiefdom
• Malamba Chiefdom
• Maha Chiefdom