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The district was created by an arrêté royal of 28 March 1912, which divided the Congo into 22 districts. [3] A 1912 map shows that the former Uele District had been broken into the Bas-Uele and Haut-Uele (Upper Uele) districts.
Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Orientale Province. [2] Bas-Uélé was formed from the Bas-Uele District whose town of Buta was elevated to capital city of the new province.
On 1 July 1910 a court of first instance was established at Niangara to serve Uele District, one of seven in the colony. [28] The Uele District was divided into Bas-Uele (Lower Uele) and Haut-Uele (Upper Uele) by an arrêté royal of 28 March 1912, which divided the Congo into 22 districts. [29]
Orientale/Oost Province was formed in 1913 in the Belgian Congo from the District of Orientale Province, expanded to include Haut-Uélé, Bas-Uélé and Aruwimi. The new province contained the districts of Bas-Uele , Haut-Uele , Ituri , Stanleyville , Aruwimi , Maniema , Lowa and Kivu .
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Haut-Uélé, Bas-Uélé, Ituri, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Orientale province. [2] Haut-Uélé was formed from the Haut-Uélé district whose town of Isiro was elevated to capital city of the new province.
Ituri, Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the subdividing of the former Orientale province. [2] Ituri was formed from the Ituri district whose town of Bunia was elevated to capital city of the new province. [3]
The 2006 constitution planned to convert many of the districts into provinces under a decentralization program. However, progress was slow. [1] In October 2007 the Minister for Decentralization, Denis Kalume Numbi, presented a bill for Decentralization in the National Assembly.