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
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 ru ...
, a railway. The town is the center of a health zone and has a general referral hospital.
Location
Titulé is in the
Bas-Uélé
Bas-Uélé (French for "Lower Uélé") is one of the 21 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 forme ...
province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is on the N25 road between
Buta to the southwest and
Bambesa to the east.
The
Bima River, a left tributary of the
Uele River
The Uele, also known by the phonetically identical Uélé, Ouélé, or Welle River, is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Course
The Uele forms at Dungu, at the confluence of the Dungu and Kibali rivers, which both originate ...
, separates Titulé on the left bank from Mange of the east bank.
Titulé is at an elevation of .
Colonial era
Around November 1890 the Zanzibar Arab Mirambo arrived in the Uele region, starting from a point on the
Aruwimi River
The Aruwimi River (, ) is a tributary of the Congo River, located to the north and east of the Congo.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, Vol. One , Vol. Two
The Aruwimi begins as the Ituri River, which rises near ...
upstream from
Yambuya
Yambuya is a community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Aruwimi River, roughly due north of Yangambi. The river is navigable as far as Yambuya, but is blocked by cataracts further upstream.
Yambuya was made a base for the Emin Pash ...
.
Passing the
Rubi River
The Rubi River () 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 Likati near Djamba.
Th ...
he went NNE through Bagbwe and Bayo territory, and installed himself on the Bima near the Titulé post, having obtained the submission of the Bayo people, who supplied auxiliaries to attack the neighbouring people.
He threatened the posts in the neighbouring state of Djabar from his base on the Bima.
On 13 December 1890
Jules Alexandre Milz
Jules Alexandre Milz (10 September 1861 – 1 October 1902) was a Belgian soldier who was active in exploring the northeast of the Congo Free State.
He traveled extensively in Uele District, where he resolved the question of whether the Uele River ...
and
Alphonse Vangèle took a position nearby. Mirambo attacked and was decisively defeated and forced to flee.
An administrative post was established at Titulé, which in 1913 was the seat of Titule Territory.
In 1932
Uele District
Uele District (, ) was a district of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo.
It roughly corresponded to the current provinces of Bas-Uélé and Haut-Uélé.
Landscape
The Uele District, shown as the Uellé District on an 1897 map of the Congo ...
was reorganized into ten territories.
Titule was now the headquarters of Babua Territory.
As of 2003, Titule was the center of the Titule Health Zone in
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.
Geography
The territory borders Bondo Territory to the northwest, Bamesa Territory to the ...
.
In 2008 the health zone had a population of 63,344.
The town was home to the Titule General Referral Hospital.
Former railway
The section of the Vicicongo line from
Buta to Titulé via
Andoma
The Andoma () 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 Samina (right).
The ...
(Liénart) opened on 11 November 1932, built by the ''
Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo
The ''Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo'' (), known as CVC or Vicicongo, was a railway company that operated the narrow gauge Vicicongo line and provided trucking services in the northeast Belgian Congo, and then in the Democratic Rep ...
''.
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Populated places in Bas-Uélé