| LC control no. | no2016031481 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Bas-Uélé (Congo) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Congo (Democratic Republic)--Bas-Uélé |
| Variant(s) | Province du Bas-Uélé (Congo) Sous-Région du Bas-Uele (Congo) Bas-Uele District (Congo) |
| See also | Province orientale (Congo) |
| Found in | Bas-Uele, 2014: title page (Bas-Uele; République démocratique du Congo) page 7 (with the Constitution of 18 February 2006, Uele Province is divided into two new provinces which correspond to the curent districts of Bas-Uele and Haut-Uele) GEOnet, Mar. 7, 2016 (Bas-Uélé (Approved), Province du Bas-Uélé (Approved), Sous-Région du Bas-Uele (Variant); DRC; 1st-order admin. div. (ADM1); 03°37ʹ00ʺN 025°09ʹ00ʺE) Wikipedia, Mar. 7, 2016: "Bas-Uele District" (Bas-Uele District is a district located in Orientale Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Bas-Uele province) "Proposed provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" (The 18 February 2006 constitution planned to convert many of the districts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo into provinces under a decentralization program. However, progress was slow. There would be twenty-five new provinces [out of the current 11] while retaining the capital city/province of Kinshasa. On 9th January 2015 the National Assembly passed a law on new administrative division of country, according to which new provinces should be installed in a period of 12 months) Wikipedia, viewed June 7, 2016 (Orientale Province was formed in 1966 from the amalgamation of the regions of Uele, Kibali-Ituri and Haut-Congo. In 2015, the province dissolved into the provinces of Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, Ituri and Tshopo; from 1966-2015 Bas-Uele was a district) |
| Geographic area code | f-cg--- |
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