Watsa Territory

Watsa
Territory
Watsa is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Watsa
Watsa
Coordinates: 3°02′14″N 29°32′08″E / 3.03716°N 29.53551°E / 3.03716; 29.53551
Country DR Congo
ProvinceHaut-Uélé
SeatWatsa
Time zoneUTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

Watsa Territory is an administrative area in the Haut-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative center is the town of Watsa.

Security issues

During the Second Congo War (1998-2003), in August 1998, Ugandan troops occupied areas of Haut-Uélé including the town of Durba, the site of the Gorumbwa, Durba and Agbarabo gold mines. Almost one ton of gold was extracted during the four-year period of occupation, worth about $9 million at the time.[1]

At the end of September 2009, fighters from the Lord's Resistance Army LRA combatants were said to have attacked a number of villages in the Durba/Watsa mining area.[2] As of April 2010 Watsa Territory was thought to have about 13,960 Internally Displaced People.[3]

Divisions

The territory is divided into sectors and chiefdoms:[4]

References

  1. ^ Human Rights Watch (2005). Democratic Republic of Congo, the curse of gold, Volume 2. Human Rights Watch. p. 15. ISBN 1-56432-332-3.
  2. ^ Steven Spittaels & Filip Hilgert (17 March 2010). "Mapping Conflict Motives: Province Orientale (DRC)" (PDF). IPIS. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  3. ^ "Population Movements in Eastern DR Congo". OCHA. January–March 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  4. ^ X. Blaes (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). PNUD-SIG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2011-11-02.


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