Buta Territory

Buta Territory is a territory in Bas-Uele District, Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative capital is located at Buta^{[citation needed]}.

Geography[]

The territory borders Bondo Territory to the northwest, to the northeast and east, Aketi Territory to the west, Basoko Territory to the southwest and Banalia Territory of Orientale Province to the south.^[1] Rivers include the Balima River, , , Rubi River.^[1]

The territory contains populations of the speaking the Zande language.^[2]

The territory contains the following chiefdoms/sectors:

As of 2003 the territory was divided into two health zones, one based on Buta and the other based on Titulé.^[3]}

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). Référentiel Géographique Commun - RGC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^ Richardson, Irvine; Tucker, Archibald Norman; Bryan, Margaret Arminel; International African Institute (1956). Linguistic survey of the northern Bantu borderland. Published for the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press. p. 100. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
^ *Omasombo Tshonda, Jean (2014), Bas-Uele Pouvoirs locaux et économie agricole : héritages d’un passé brouillé (PDF) (in French), Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, p. 339, ISBN 978-9-4916-1586-3, retrieved 2020-08-30

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