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Territory in Haut-Uélé, DR Congo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Watsa Territory is an administrative area in the Haut-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative center is the town of Watsa.
Watsa | |
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Territory | |
Coordinates: 3.03716°N 29.53551°E | |
Country | DR Congo |
Province | Haut-Uélé |
Seat | Watsa |
Time zone | UTC+2 (Central Africa Time) |
During the Second Congo War (1998-2003), in August 1998, Ugandan troops occupied areas of Haut-Uélé 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]
The territory is divided into sectors and chiefdoms:[4]
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