Watsa Territory

Watsa
Watsa
	Territory
	Watsa
	Coordinates: 3.03716°N 29.53551°E
Country	DR Congo
Province	Haut-Uele
Seat	Watsa
Time zone	UTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

Watsa Territory is an administrative area in the Haut-Uele province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative center is the town of Watsa.

Security issues

During the Second Congo War (1998-2003), in August 1998, Ugandan 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.[1]

At the end of September 2009, fighters from the Lord's Resistance Army LRA combatants were said to have attacked a number of villages in the Durba/Watsa mining area.[2] As of April 2010 Watsa Territory was thought to have about 13,960 Internally Displaced People.[3]

Divisions

The territory is divided into sectors and chiefdoms:[4]

Andobi Chiefdom
Kebo Chiefdom
Ateru Chiefdom
Andikofa Chiefdom
Gombari Sector
Mari-Minza Chiefdom
Walese Chiefdom
Mangbutu Sector
Kibali Sector

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References

Human Rights Watch (2005). Democratic Republic of Congo, the curse of gold, Volume 2. Human Rights Watch. p. 15. ISBN 1-56432-332-3.
Steven Spittaels & Filip Hilgert (17 March 2010). "Mapping Conflict Motives: Province Orientale (DRC)" (PDF). IPIS. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
"Population Movements in Eastern DR Congo". OCHA. January–March 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
X. Blaes (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). PNUD-SIG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2011-11-02.

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[1] Human Rights Watch (2005). Democratic Republic of Congo, the curse of gold, Volume 2. Human Rights Watch. p. 15. ISBN 1-56432-332-3.

[2] Steven Spittaels & Filip Hilgert (17 March 2010). "Mapping Conflict Motives: Province Orientale (DRC)" (PDF). IPIS. Retrieved 2011-10-23.

[3] "Population Movements in Eastern DR Congo". OCHA. January–March 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-23.

[RGC-4] X. Blaes (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). PNUD-SIG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2011-11-02.