Dulia is a village in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was a station on the defunct

Vicicongo line Chemins de fer des Uele (Uele Railways or Vicicongo line) is a narrow-gauge line in the north east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was built between 1924 and 1937 as a portage railway bypassing Congo River rapids. Route The line runs ...

, a railway.

Location

Dulia is in the

Bas-Uélé 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 fo ...

province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the Avuru Gatanga chiefdom of

Aketi Territory Aketi Territory is a territory in the Bas-Uele Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative capital is located at Aketi. The territory borders Bondo Territory to the north, Buta Territory to the east, Basoko Territory t ...

. It is on the RN4 road between Buta to the east and Bondo to the northwest. It is at the end of the RN6 road from Aketi to the southwest. It is a few kilometers north of the

Rubi River The Rubi River (french: Rivière Rubi) is a left tributary of the Itimbiri River, which forms where the Rubi joins the Likati River. Course The Rubi River originates in the southeast of the Bas-Uélé province, then flows west until it meets the L ...

. The village is at an elevation of about .

Facilities

Gold and diamond deposits have been reported in Dulia. It has a large diamond quarry. Dulia has a health center, and is in the Aketi health zone. The main axis of the Vicicongo line built by the '' Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo'' ran east from ran from Aketi through

Komba Komba is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Komba Claudius Gbamanja, Sierra Leonean politician from the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party * Samuel Komba Kambo, retired captain in the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces * K ...

to Dulia, then through Kotili to Buta.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT: Populated places in Bas-Uélé