Watsa Territory is an administrative area in the Haut-Uele province of the

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. The administrative center is the town of

Watsa Watsa is a community in the Haut-Uele Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, administrative center of the Watsa Territory. It is served by Watsa Airport, a grass airstrip south of the town. Watsa was the location of the VI battalion o ...

Security issues

During the

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(1998-2003), in August 1998,

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n troops occupied areas of Haut Uele including the town of Durba, the site of the Gorumbwa, Durba and Agbarabo gold mines. Almost one ton of gold was extracted during the four-year period of occupation, worth about $9 million at the time. At the end of September 2009, fighters from the

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LRA combatants were said to have attacked a number of villages in the Durba/Watsa mining area. As of April 2010 Watsa Territory was thought to have about 13,960 Internally Displaced People.

Divisions

The territory is divided into sectors and chiefdoms: * Andobi Chiefdom * Kebo Chiefdom * Ateru Chiefdom * Andikofa Chiefdom *

Gombari Sector Gombari is a populated place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Location Gombari is in the south of the Haut-Uélé province. It is on the left (south) bank of the Bomokandi River where the river is crossed by the RN26 highway. History Th ...

* Mari-Minza Chiefdom * Walese Chiefdom *

Mangbutu Sector Mangbutu is a Central Sudanic language of northeastern Congo. It, or its speakers, are also known as ''Mangu-Ngutu, Mombuttu, Wambutu.'' The 1,200 Andinai are separated from other Mangbutu speakers by Lese; they speak a distinct dialect, as do ...

* Kibali Sector

References

Populated places in Haut-Uélé Territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRCongo-geo-stub