 Barambu basket for chickens, Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bas-Uélé province | 61,000 [1] |
| Languages | |
| Barambu, French | |
The Barambu (or Barambo) are an ethnic group who live in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Joshua Project as of 2020 gave the population as 61,000 located in the Poko territory of Bas-Uélé province, between the Bomokandi and Uélé rivers. They were almost all Christian, broken down as Roman Catholic 41%, Protestant 28%, Other Christian 19% and Independent 12%. [1]
The Italian explorer Giovanni Miani, who visited the Uele region in 1872, was the first European to mention the Barambu people. [2] A 1948 account by S. Santandrea summarized what was then known of the Barambo and other peoples of the Bahr el Ghazal basin. [3] The Zande call them Amiangba or Amiangbwa, but this may also cover the Pambia. The Barambu appeared to have been a large tribe that crossed the Mbomou River before the Zande people and mostly settled along the Uele River, although some stragglers ended up on the upper Api River. After the "Sudanese" sections of the tribe crossed the Congo-Nile Divide they settled between the Mongu and Ringasi rivers. In 1948 about 2,900 tax payers of the tribe inhabited the country between the hills near Tombora and the Boku River in the French Congo. [4]
The name Barambu or Barambo means in their language "man", and is similar to bambu, which means "man" in the related Pambia language. [3] According to Glottolog, the Barambu language as of 2017 had AES status "threatened" and may be classified as: [5]
Buta is a city in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, lying on the Rubi River, a tributary of the Itimbiri River. It is the capital of Bas-Uele province. As of 2012, it had an estimated population of 55,313.
Dukpu is an ethnic group of the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sudan. They speak Central Banda, a Ubangian language. The number of persons in this group exceeds 100,000.
The Zande languages are half a dozen closely related languages of the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan. The most populous language is Zande proper, with over a million speakers.
Buta Territory is a territory in Bas-Uele District, Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative capital is located at Buta.
Kwango District was a district of the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It went through various changes in extent. It roughly corresponded to the present provinces of Kwilu and Kwango.
Aruwimi District was a district of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo. It went through various changes in extent before being absorbed into other districts.
Stanleyville District was a district of the Belgian Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. It went through various changes in extent. Between 1933 and 1963 it had roughly the same extent as the current Tshopo province.
Uele District was a district of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo. It roughly corresponded to the current provinces of Bas-Uélé and Haut-Uélé.
Ubangi District was a district of the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. It went through various significant changes in extent.
Bangala District was a district of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo. It went through various significant changes in extent. The eastern part very roughly corresponded to the present province of Mongala.
The Districts of the Congo Free State were the primary administrative divisions of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. There were various boundary changes in the period before the Congo Free State was annexed by Belgium to become the Belgian Congo.
The Ubangi-Uélé District was a district of the Congo Free State between 1888 and 1895. It was later split into the Ubangi District to the north and Bangala District to the south.
The Bima River is a river of Bas-Uélé province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a left tributary of the Uele River.
Amadi is a town in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Giovanni Miani was an Italian explorer. He is known for his explorations of the Nile, where he came close to being the first European to reach its source in Lake Victoria, and for his exploration of the region around the Uele River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Nangazizi is a settlement in the province of Haut-Uélé in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Liffi was a military station in Sudan, named after a nearby hill, and the surrounding region. It was the location of several clashes between Egyptian forces and Mahdists in the early 1880s. In 1894 the Belgians temporarily established a base there.
Titulé is a village in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was the terminus of a branch of the defunct Vicicongo line, a railway. The town is the center of a health zone and has a general referral hospital.
Dulia is a village in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was a station on the defunct Vicicongo line, a railway.
Benge is a village in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was a station on the defunct Vicicongo line, a railway.
