Uélé Province

It was formed in 1963 from part of Orientale Province.

In 1966 it was merged back into the reconstituted Orientale Province.

It roughly corresponds to the modern provinces of Bas-Uélé and Haut-Uélé.

The Uélé region was once home to assimilating kingdoms (not Bantu), which however left only a scattered settlements.

[1] In recent times, Haut-Uélé has been exploited for gold mining.