Ituri District ( French : District de l'Ituri , Dutch : District Iruri ), later Kibali-Ituri District , was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo . It roughly corresponded in area to the present Ituri Province .
7-504: Ituri District was created by an arrêté royal of 28 March 1912, which divided the Congo into 22 districts. It was named after the Ituri River . A 1912 map shows that the former Stanleyville District had been broken into a much smaller Stanleyville Districts and the new districts of Lowa , Ituri, Kivu and Maniema . Ituri District bordered British territory to the east, Haut-Uele District to
14-559: A generally westward direction to Bomili in Tshopo province, where it is joined by the Nepoko River to form the Aruwimi. The Ituri is 650 kilometres (400 mi) long. The Aruwimi is 380 kilometres (240 mi) long, giving a combined length of 1,030 kilometres (640 mi). The river flows through the 63,000 square kilometres (24,000 sq mi) Ituri Rainforest . About one-fifth of
21-467: The mountains to the west of Lake Albert , about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Kaladau . It flows generally south into Ituri province, and flows past Mongbwalu to the east. It is joined from the left by Shari River to the northeast of Irumu about 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-southwest of Bunia . It is joined from the left by the Malibongo River near Komanda Helipad. From there it flows in
28-474: The north, Stanleyville District to the west and Kivu District to the south. Ituri District became part of the Orientale Province created in 1913. With the 1933 reorganization Orientale Province was divided into Stanleyville Province in the north and Costermansville Province in the south. Ituri District was part of Stanleyville Province. It had been expanded to take part of Haut-Uele District, while
35-429: The rest of Haut-Uele District and Bas-Uele District had been merged into Uele District . On 27 May 1947 Stanleyville Province was renamed Orientale Province. By 1954 it consisted of the districts of Stanleyville, Ituri, Bas-Uele and Haut-Uele. A 1955–1957 map shows Ituri District bordered by Haut-Uele District to the north, British territory to the east, Nord-Kivu District to the south and Stanleyville District to
42-399: The west. The area was 65,700 square kilometres (25,400 sq mi) out of a total of 503,200 square kilometres (194,300 sq mi) for Orientale province as a whole. On 27 July 1962 the administration of Orientale Province was taken over by the central government. It was divided into the new provinces of Kibali-Ituri , Uélé and Haut-Congo . On 28 December 1966 Orientale Province
49-650: Was reunited. On 11 July 2015 it was split into provinces of Bas-Uélé , Haut-Uélé , Ituri, and Tshopo . Ituri River The Ituri River ( French : Rivière Ituri ) is a river of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the main tributary of the Aruwimi River , which forms where the Ituri meets the Nepoko River . It gives its name to Ituri Province . The Ituri has its headwaters in province of Haut-Uélé in
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