Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa
47,278
Population
Africa
Continent
Lubumbashi
Timezone
CD
Country Code
Watsa is a community in the Haut-Uele Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, administrative center of the Watsa Territory. It is served by Watsa Airport, a grass airstrip 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the town. Watsa was the location of the VI battalion of the Force Publique in the 1940s and 1950s. Between 1998 and 2000, co-circulating Marburg virus and Ravn virus caused 154 cases of Marburg virus disease and 128 deaths among illegal gold miners in Watsa and the nearby Durba Mine. In...
Coordinates
3.0372°, 29.5355°
Region/State
Haut-Uele
District
Watsa
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Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region
Haut-Uele
Timezone
Africa/Lubumbashi
Population
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