Ituri Province

Ituri
Province du l'Ituri (French)
Mkoa wa Ituri (Swahili)
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Official seal of Ituri
Location of Ituri
Coordinates: 1°50′N 29°30′E / 1.833°N 29.500°E / 1.833; 29.500
Country DR Congo
Established2015
Named forIturi River
CapitalBunia
Government
 • GovernorJohnny Luboya Nkashama (military)[1]
Area
 • Total65,658 km2 (25,351 sq mi)
 • Rank16th
Population
 (2020)
 • Total4,392,200
 • Rank7th
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
License Plate CodeDemocratic Republic of the Congo CGO / 07
Official languageFrench
National languageSwahili
Websiteprovinceituri.co archive

Ituri Province (Jimbo la Ituri in Swahili) is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. 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]

  1. ^ Mokonzi, Azarias (10 May 2021). "Ituri : le Lieutenant-Général Johnny Nkashama Luboya nouveau gouverneur dit venir pour imposer la paix". Infocongo (in French). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Découpage territorial : procédures d'installation de nouvelles provinces". Radio Okapi (in French). 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.

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