Haut-Uélé Province

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Haut-Uélé Province is a northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo known for its remote, sparsely populated territory and history of conflict and mineral exploitation.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Haut-Uélé Province canonical 10
Haut-Uele Province 1
Haut-Uélé 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
province ⓘ
borders Bas-Uélé Province ⓘ
Ituri Province ⓘ
Nord-Ubangi Province ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Tshopo Province ⓘ
capital Isiro ⓘ
characteristic remote ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
conflictType armed group activity ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Garamba National Park ⓘ
containsTown Dungu ⓘ
Faradje ⓘ
Watsa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
createdBy 2015 territorial reform of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
creationYear 2015 ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
artisanal mining ⓘ
formerColonialAdministration part of Belgian Congo Orientale Province ⓘ
formerPartOf Orientale Province ⓘ
governedBy provincial governor of Haut-Uélé ⓘ
hasCity Isiro ⓘ
hasTerritory Dungu Territory ⓘ
Faradje Territory ⓘ
Niangara Territory ⓘ
Rungu Territory ⓘ
Wamba Territory ⓘ
linked to: Rungu Territory

Watsa Territory ⓘ
historicalEvent Lord's Resistance Army insurgency ⓘ
knownFor conflict and insecurity ⓘ
gold mining ⓘ
mineral resources ⓘ
largestCity Isiro ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Ituri Province
namedAfter Uélé River ⓘ
nationalLanguage Lingala ⓘ
naturalResource diamonds ⓘ
gold ⓘ
other minerals ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Congo Basin region ⓘ
linked to: Congo Rainforest
populationCharacteristic ethnically diverse ⓘ
river Uélé River ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ituri Province → borders → Haut-Uélé Province ⓘ
Garamba National Park → locatedIn → Haut-Uélé Province ⓘ
Alur people → region → Haut-Uélé Province ⓘ
Orientale Province → dividedInto → Haut-Uélé Province ⓘ
Bas-Uélé Province → hasBorder → Haut-Uélé Province ⓘ
Tshopo Province → borderingProvince → Haut-Uélé Province ⓘ
Vicicongo line → regionServed → Uele region ⓘ
subject linked to: Vicicongo line (historical)
linked to: Haut-Uélé Province
Boyoma Falls → locatedIn → Haut-Uélé Province ⓘ
Zande → isSpokenInProvince → Haut-Uélé ⓘ
linked to: Haut-Uélé Province
Alur community → region → Haut-Uélé Province ⓘ
Lendu-Bali → region → Haut-Uélé Province ⓘ
Lendu-Bale → region → Haut-Uélé Province ⓘ
Mangbetu language → region → Haut-Uele Province ⓘ
linked to: Haut-Uélé Province