Watsa Territory

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
Territory
Watsa
Coordinates: 3.03716°N 29.53551°E / 3.03716; 29.53551
Country	DR Congo
Province	Haut-Uélé
Seat	Watsa
Time zone	UTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

Security issues

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]

Divisions

The territory is divided into sectors and chiefdoms:^[4]

• Andobi Chiefdom
• Kebo Chiefdom
• Ateru Chiefdom
• Andikofa Chiefdom
• Gombari Sector
• Mari-Minza Chiefdom
• Walese Chiefdom
• Mangbutu Sector
• Kibali Sector