Bas-Uélé

Bas-Uele Province
Bas-Uele Province
Province
	Coordinates: 2°48′8.84″N 24°44′1.17″E / 2.8024556°N 24.7336583°E
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital	Buta
Area
• Total	148,331 km2 (57,271 sq mi)
Population (2005 est.)
• Total	1,093,845
• Density	7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
Official language	French
National language	Lingala

Bas-Uele (French for "Lower Uele") is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Buta. Its name is from the Uele River.

Before 2015, Bas-Uele was part of Orientale Province.

The province includes the following territories:

References

↑ Central Intelligence Agency (2016). "Democratic Republic of the Congo". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
↑ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.
↑ X. Blaes, PNUD-SIG (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). UNOCHA and PNUD. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2011-11-22.