Buta Territory
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Buta Territory is a territory in Bas-Uele District, Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative capital is located at Buta{{cn|date=January 2020}}.
Geography
The territory borders Bondo Territory to the northwest, Bamesa Territory to the northeast and east, Aketi Territory to the west, Basoko Territory to the southwest and Banalia Territory of Orientale Province to the south.{{cite web|url=http://www.rgc.cd/doctech/UNDP-GIS-25_RDC_administratif.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401040116/http://rgc.cd/doctech/UNDP-GIS-25_RDC_administratif.pdf |url-status=dead|archive-date=1 April 2010|title=Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo|publisher=Référentiel Géographique Commun - RGC|accessdate=31 October 2011}} Rivers include the Balima River, Tele River, Lemoi River, Rubi River.
People
The territory contains populations of the Avuru-Mange speaking the Zande language.{{cite book|last1=Richardson|first1=Irvine|last2=Tucker|first2=Archibald Norman|last3=Bryan|first3=Margaret Arminel|author4=International African Institute|title=Linguistic survey of the northern Bantu borderland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ih2aAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=1 November 2011|year=1956|publisher=Published for the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press|page=100|isbn=978-0-8357-6967-9 }}
Subdivisions
The territory contains the following chiefdoms/sectors:
- Barisi-Mongingita Chiefdom
- Bayeu-Bogongia Chiefdom
- Bayeu-Bogbama Chiefdom
- Mobati Chiefdom
- Monganzolo Chiefdom
- Nguru Chiefdom
As of 2003 the territory was divided into two health zones, one based on Buta and the other based on Titulé.*{{citation |url=https://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/bas-uele_web.pdf |accessdate=2020-08-30 |page=339 |last=Omasombo Tshonda |first=Jean |title=Bas-Uele Pouvoirs locaux et économie agricole : héritages d'un passé brouillé |language=fr |isbn=978-9-4916-1586-3 |publisher=Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale |year=2014}}}