Bas-Uélé facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bas-Uélé
Province
Province du Bas-Uélé
Seal
Country	DR Congo
Established	2015
Named for	Uélé River
Capital	Buta
Area
• Total	148,331 km2 (57,271 sq mi)
Population  (2005 est.)
• Total	1,093,845
• Density	7.374352/km2 (19.09948/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
License Plate Code	CGO / 02
Official language	French
National language	Pa-Zande (Zande language) and Lingala
Website	https://mobile.twitter.com/bas_uele

Bas-Uélé (French for "Lower Uélé") is one of the 21 new 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. Bas-Uélé was formed from the Bas-Uele District whose town of Buta was elevated to capital city of the new province.

Administration

Bas-Uélé lies in the north-east of the DRC on the Uélé River (the French name for the province means "Lower Uélé"). The province includes the following territories:

• Aketi
• Ango
• Bambesa
• Bondo
• Buta
• Poko

People

Most of the inhabitants of the Bas-Uélé Province, with a population of 900,000 in 2007, are Azandé people. There are others peoples like the Boa, Bakere, Balele, Bakango, Babenza, etc., are also present in this province. They live mainly through subsistence farming and hunting, with some river commerce.

Ebola

Three people have been reported dead and six suspected with the Ebola virus. The nation has declared an Ebola outbreak. 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.