Haut-Uélé

Haut-Uélé (French for "Upper Uélé") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Haut-Uélé, Bas-Uélé, Ituri, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Orientale province. Haut-Uélé was formed from the Haut-Uélé district whose town of Isiro was elevated to capital city of the new province.

This article is about the present-day province of the DRC. For the former district, see Haut-Uele District.
Haut-Uélé
Province du Haut-Uélé (French)
Mkoa wa Wele Juu (Swahili)
Wɛlɛ ya Likólo (Lingala)
Province
Seal
Coordinates: 2°46′35.02″N 27°37′4.48″E
Country DR Congo
Established2015
Named forUele River
CapitalIsiro
Government
 • GovernorChristophe Baseane Nangaa
Area
 • Total89,683 km2 (34,627 sq mi)
 • Rank14th
Population
 (2020 est.)
 • Total2,242,500
 • Rank17th
 • Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (Central Africa Time)
License Plate Code CGO / 06
Official languageFrench
National languageLingala
Websitehttps://twitter.com/DuUele
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