Mambasa Territory

Mambasa
Territory
Two Toleki merchants on the road from Epulu to Mambasa
Two Toleki merchants on the road from Epulu to Mambasa
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Mambasa is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mambasa
Mambasa
Coordinates: 1°21′37″N 29°02′11″E / 1.36022°N 29.03629°E / 1.36022; 29.03629
Country DR Congo
ProvinceIturi
SeatMambasa
Area
[1]
 • Total
36,785 km2 (14,203 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
989,565
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
National languageSwahili

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]

  1. ^ a b "Cellule d'Analyses des Indicateurs de Développement". caid.cd (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  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.