Mambasa Territory

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Mambasa
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Two Toleki merchants on the road from Epulu to Mambasa
Mambasa Territory
Mambasa Territory
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Mambasa
Coordinates: 1°21′37″N29°02′11″E / 1.36022°N 29.03629°E / 1.36022; 29.03629 Coordinates: 1°21′37″N29°02′11″E / 1.36022°N 29.03629°E / 1.36022; 29.03629
CountryFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Province Ituri
Seat Mambasa
Area
[1]
 • Total36,785 km2 (14,203 sq mi)
Population
 (2020) [1]
 • Total989,565
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (CAT)
National language Swahili

Mambasa Territory is an administrative area in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The headquarters is in the town of Mambasa. [2] Mambasa Territory is threatened with deforestation due to illegal forestry to meet high demand for lumber by the bordering countries of Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and Kenya, as well as to slash and burn cultivation and growing demand for fuel-wood by large numbers of immigrants from the east. [3]

Contents

Towns and villages

Divisions

Administrative divisions are: [4]

Politics

Mambasa Territory is represented in the National Assembly by two deputies:

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References

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  2. ↑ Peer Schouten (March 2011). "A case study of the Nia-Nia area, Ituri District, Province Orientale" (PDF). IKV Pax Christi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  3. ↑ "MAMBASA GEOGRAPHICALLY-INTEGRATED REDD PILOT PROJECT" (PDF). AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. December 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  4. ↑ X. Blaes (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). PNUD-SIG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2011-11-02.


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