Uélé Province

Uélé Province is a former province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formed in 1963 from part of Orientale Province. In 1966 it was merged back into the reconstituted Orientale Province. It roughly corresponds to the modern provinces of Bas-Uélé and Haut-Uélé.

Region

The province took its name from the Uélé River. The Uélé region was once home to assimilating kingdoms (not Bantu), which however left only a scattered settlements. Bas-Uélé is the domain of the Zande people, and Haut-Uélé the domain of the Mangbetu people.^[1] In recent times, Haut-Uélé has been exploited for gold mining.^[2]

Administration

The heads of Uélé Province were:^[3]

Start	End	Officeholder	Title
11 September 1962	May 1965	Paul Mambaya	President
6 July 1965	28 December 1966	François Kupa	Governor

Notes

^ Bruneau 2009, p. 19.
^ Bruneau 2009, p. fn7.
^ "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 2020-08-05

Sources

Bruneau, Jean-Claude (30 June 2009), "Les nouvelles provinces de la République Démocratique du Congo : construction territoriale et ethnicités", L'Espace Politique, 7 (2009–1), doi:10.4000/espacepolitique.1296, retrieved 2020-08-08

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[FOOTNOTEBruneau200919-1] Bruneau 2009, p. 19.

[FOOTNOTEBruneau2009fn7-2] Bruneau 2009, p. fn7.

[Rulers-3] "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 2020-08-05

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v t e Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Current provinces	Bas-Uélé Équateur Haut-Katanga Haut-Lomami Haut-Uélé Ituri Kasaï Kasaï-Central Kasaï-Oriental Kinshasa Kongo Central Kwango Kwilu Lomami Lualaba Mai-Ndombe Maniema Mongala Nord-Ubangi North Kivu Sankuru South Kivu Sud-Ubangi Tanganyika Tshopo Tshuapa
1966–2015	Bandundu Bas-Congo Équateur Kasaï-Occidental Kasaï-Oriental Katanga Kinshasa Maniema North Kivu Orientale South Kivu
1963–1966	Congo Central Cuvette-Centrale Haut-Congo Katanga Oriental Kibali-Ituri Kivu Central Kwango Kwilu Lomami Lualaba Luluabourg Mai-Ndombe Maniema Moyen-Congo Nord-Katanga Nord-Kivu Sankuru South Kasai Ubangi Uele Unité Kasaïenne
1960–1963	Équateur Kasaï Katanga Kinshasa Kivu Léopoldville Orientale