Buta is a city in the northern

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

, lying on the Rubi River, a

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of the

Itimbiri River The Itimbiri River is a right tributary of the Congo River, which it joins above Bumba. At one time it was important as a navigable waterway for transporting good from the northeast of the country down to the Congo. Course The Itimbiri River o ...

. It is the capital of Bas-Uele province. As of 2012, it had an estimated population of 55,313. It is home to the

Buta Zega Airport Buta Zega Airport is an airport east of Buta in Bas-Uélé Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. See also * * * Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo This is a list ...

. Buta lies on the defunct narrow gauge Vicicongo line built by the '' Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo'' that ran east from Aketi on the

past Buta to Zobia, Isiro and Mungbere. The line ran from Kotili to Buta and onward to

Andoma The Andoma (russian: Андома) is a river in Vytegorsky District of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It flows out of Lake Groptozero and is a tributary of Lake Onega. It is long, and the area of its basin . The main tributary of the Andoma is the ...

The line reached Buta on 1 July 1931. A branch line to

Titulé Titulé is a village in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was the terminus of a branch of the defunct Vicicongo line, a railway. The town is the center of a health zone and has a general referral hospital. Locatio ...

via

opened on 11 November 1932. Buta became an operational center for Vicicongo.

History

In early 2005, the town was the centre of an outbreak of

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Education

Buta has many primary schools for students aged 6 to 14. After primary school is secondary school. Secondary school students are admitted into a 2 year orientation designed to deepen their understanding of what they learnt in primary school during their 7th and 8th year of school. This orination period also allows students to choose more specific studies to focus their education. Then there's a 4 year study period post-orientation before students go to university.

References

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* Populated places in Bas-Uélé {{DRCongo-geo-stub