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With the 1933 reorganization Bas-Uele and Haut-Uele were again combined into Uele
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of 28 March 1912, which divided the Congo into 22 districts. A 1912 map shows that the former
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233:Stanleyville District
225:Stanleyville Province
138:District Beneden-Uele
130:District du Bas-Uele
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172:to form the
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906:Categories
887:South Kivu
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646:Cataractes
641:Bas-Fleuve
618:Mai-Ndombe
508:2020-08-05
503:Rulers.org
428:Brass 2015
416:Brass 2015
351:References
257:Haut-Congo
178:Boa people
166:Uele River
156:province.
65:24°44′01″E
867:Haut-Uele
854:Orientale
846:Nord Kivu
811:Mont Amba
783:Tanganika
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633:Bas-Congo
587:Districts
546:19 August
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265:Haut-Uélé
198:Haut-Uele
104:Orientale
62:2°48′09″N
893:Sud-Kivu
862:Bas-Uele
793:Kinshasa
669:Équateur
661:Équateur
623:Plateaux
600:Bandundu
334:See also
261:Bas-Uélé
160:Location
154:Bas-Uélé
144:and the
115:Bas-Uele
111:District
99:Province
37:District
18:Bas-Uélé
832:Maniema
826:Maniema
816:Tshangu
806:Lukunga
763:Lualaba
758:Kolwezi
750:Katanga
735:Sankuru
730:Kabinda
689:Tshuapa
674:Mongala
593:(–2015)
589:of the
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206:Aruwimi
90:Country
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523:ISBN
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479:ISBN
461:OCLC
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