In 1895 Aruwimi-Uele District was divided into Aruwimi District and Uele District. [12] [15] On 1 July 1910 a court of first instance was established at Niangara to serve Uele District, one of seven in the colony. [9] [2], The forest region is a gently undulating plain with a slight slope to the southwest towards the center of the basin. The Uele–Mbomou confluence at Yakoma marks the origin of the Ubangi River, which in turn flows into the Congo River. [5], In 1947 Uele District had its headquarters in Buta. Haut-Uélé, Bas-Uélé, Ituri, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Orientale province. Uele had its capital in Isiro. "Customs and Contraband in the Congolese M'Bomu Region", "Monographie Piscicole de la Province Orientale", "The Use Of Arabic As A Written Language In Central Africa The Case Of The Uele Basin (Northern Congo) In The Late Nineteenth Century", "From 'Death Camps' to Cordon Sanitaire: The Development of Sleeping Sickness Policy in the Uele District of the Belgian Congo, 1903–1914", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uele_District&oldid=975692549, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 August 2020, at 22:02. [35] The southern part of the District is covered by a dryland rain forest of Macrolobium (Gilbertiodendron dewevrei). Vangèle was instructed to explore the Ubangi River in 1889 and claim land for Leopold II. [2] Haut-Uélé was formed from the Haut-Uélé district whose town of Isiro was elevated to capital city of the new province. The Mahdists were defeated and the city of Redjaf was captured. Some of the local chiefs became Muslims, and styled themselves sultans. As of 2014 Bas-Uele had the lowest population density in the country, with 5 or 6 people per km2, while Haut-Uele had 13 people per km2. Later these posts were connected by the first road in the Congo Free State that could be used by motor vehicles, which was extended from Faradje to the Nile by way of Yei and Loka in the savannah zone. [5] [32] In a major reform in 1914 these were incorporated into the Orientale Province. The Uele is the longest tributary of the Ubangi. The Uele District, shown as the Uellé District on an 1897 map of the Congo Free State, was named after the Uele River. 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. Maphill is more than just a map gallery. [13] [27] Uele District (French: District de l'Uele, Dutch: District Uele) was a district of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo. Click on the region name to get the list of its districts, cities and towns. Vangèle was instructed to explore the U… The territories were Bondo, Ango, Dungu, Manbetu (headquarters in Paulis), Buta, Aketi, Poko and Niangara. On 3 July 1902 La Haye was shot and killed while sleeping in Kodia village. [14] [11], At first, some of the sultans were friendly. [1] The French colonies were to the north of the district and the British-controlled Lado Enclave to the east, on the west bank of the Nile. [18] [7] [14] A 1955–1957 map showed that Uele District had once more been divided into Bas-Uele and Haut-Uele. Uele a river in central Africa, in the northern part of the Republic of Zaїre. [17], After taking leave in Europe La Haye returned to Uele, where he was appointed district commissioner on 16 May 1897. [8] [3] The estimated total populations was 795,721. Click on the region name to get the list of its districts, cities and towns. A single Catholic mission was established at Gombari on the Bomokandi River. [4], Peoples such as the Azande and Mangbetu migrated into the Uele region long before the Europeans arrived. Regions of Bas-Uele. The administration responded to an epidemic of sleeping sickness that began in 1904 in the Congo Free State with measures that had been proven against cholera and plague in Europe. Haut-Uélé, Bas-Uélé, Ituri, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Orientale province. He had obtained twelve tons of ivory by September 1890. Between 1904 and 1914 they placed those who were infected or suspected of being infected in isolation camps or lazarets, and mapped out the zones of infection.