Ituri (province)

Ituri
country	Democratic Republic of Congo
Provincial capital	Bunia
National language	Kiswahili
surface	65,658 km²
population	3,650,000 (2015)
Population density	55.6
ISO 3166-2	CD-IT

Aerial view of the capital Bunia

Ituri is a province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The capital is Bunia . The population is estimated at 3.6 million in 2015.

geography

Ituri lies in the northeast of the country and borders in the northwest with Haut-Uele , in the northeast with South Sudan , in the east with Uganda , in the south with North Kivu and in the west with Tshopo . The Ituri rainforest is located in the resource-rich province . The river Aruwimi , called Ituri on its upper course, has its source here.

history

Between 1966 and 2015 Ituri was a district of the former Orientale Province . According to the 2005 constitution, this should be divided into four new provinces. The administrative reform, however, was postponed several times and canceled in 2011, finally implemented in 2015 and thus raised Ituri to a province.

Internationally, Ituri became known primarily through the 1999 Ituri conflict between the Hema and Lendu ethnic groups .

structure

The province of Ituri is divided into the following territories: Aru, Djugu, Irumu, Mahagi, Mambasa.

Healthcare

Ituri is known as an area where the plague is endemic and where illnesses occur regularly. According to the World Health Organization, there are around 1,000 deaths from the plague every year. A major outbreak occurred between mid-May and June 13, 2006 in the Santé Linga region with over 100 reported deaths (and an unknown number unreported).

From 2018 to 2020, an Ebola fever epidemic raged in Ituri from the neighboring province of North Kivu . As of June 12, 2019, there were 198 documented illnesses and 118 deaths in the wake of this epidemic in Ituri.

Cities and villages

• Bukiringi

Web links

• Simone Schlindwein: Militia chief tricked oil seekers. Civil war militias in the Congo. In: the daily newspaper . March 18, 2012, accessed on March 20, 2012 (analysis of the security situation). 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Congo (Dem. Rep.): Provinces & Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved April 6, 2018 . 
2. ^ WHO: Plague in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
3. ↑ EBOLA RDC - Evolution de la riposte contre l'épidémie d'Ebola dans les provinces du Nord Kivu et de l'Ituri au Mercredi 12 June 2019. Accessed June 13, 2019 .