Orientale (also Oriental) (formerly Haute-Zaire) is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It lies in the north-east of the country, and its provincial capital is Kisangani. It borders Equateur province to the west, Kasai-Oriental to the south-west, Maniema to the south, and Nord-Kivu to the south-east. It borders the Central African Republic and Sudan to the north, and Uganda to the east. locator map showing a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo File links The following pages link to this file: Orientale, Congo Categories: GFDL images ... Kisangani, formerly Stanleyville, (population 500,000) is a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. ... Equateur is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Kasai-Oriental is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Maniema is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Nord-Kivu is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
Durba and Watsa are in this province.
The Ituri district of Orientale is the scene of the ongoing Ituri conflict. Ituri is a region located in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ... The Ituri conflict is basically a conflict between the agriculturalist Lendu and pastoralist Hema ethnic groups in the Ituri region of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). ...
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CDC "Map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo indicating the neighboring villages of Durba and Watsa, the epicenter of the 1998 outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever."
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