Bas-Uele District is a district

Districts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are divided into 26 districts. These in turn are divided into territories or communes.-Planned reorganization:...

 located in Orientale Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

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It includes the Aleti

Aketi Territory

Aketi Territory is a territory in Bas-Uele District, Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative capital is located at Aketi. The territory borders Bondo Territory to the north, Buta Territory to the east, Basoko Territory to the south, Bumba Territory to the west in...

, Ango

Ango Territory

Ango Territory is a territory in Bas-Uele District, Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative capital is located at Ango...

, Bambesa, Bondo

Bondo Territory

Bondo Territory is a territory in Bas-Uele District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative capital is located at Bondo. The territory borders borders Central African Republic to the north and west, Ango Territory to the east, Buta Territory to the southeast, Aketi Territory to the...

, Buta

Buta Territory

Buta Territory is a territory in Bas-Uele District, Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative capital is located at Buta.-Geography:...

 and Poko territories. The principal town is Buta

Buta

Buta is a town and seat of Buta Territory in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Rubi River, a tributary of the Itimbiri River. It is headquarters of the Bas-Uele District, Orientale Province...

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The 2006 constitution planned to convert the district into Bas-Uele Province

Bas-Uele Province

Bas-Uele is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution . It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months...

 under a decentralization program. However, progress was slow.

Most of the inhabitants of the Bas-Uele province, with a population of 900,000 in 2007, are Baboa people.
They live mainly through subsistence farming and hunting, with some river commerce.