Haut-Uélé (French for "Upper Uélé") is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Haut-Uélé, Bas-Uélé, Ituri, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Orientale province. Haut-Uélé was formed from the Haut-Uélé district whose town of Isiro was elevated to capital city of the new province.
Geography Haut-Uélé is located in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It borders the provinces of Ituri and Tshopo to the south, Ituri to the east, Bas-Uélé to the west, and has international borders with South Sudan and the Central African Republic to the north. The northern part of Haut-Uélé has a tropical savanna climate while the southern part has a tropical monsoon climate, according to the Köppen–Geiger climate classification.
Administration The province is divided in to six territories and one independently administered city.
Administrative divisionTypeMap Isiro City Dungu Territory Faradje Territory Niangara Territory Rungu Territory Wamba Territory Watsa Territory
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