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Line 1: {{More citations needed\|date=March 2024}}{{Redirect\|Paulis\|other uses\|Paulis (disambiguation)}}{{Short description\|Town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> Line 6: \|official_name = ''Ville d'Isiro'' \|other_name = \|native_name = {{<!-- for cities whose native name~~\|ca\|Ciutat~~ deis not in English ~~Isiro}}~~--> \|nickname = \|settlement_type = Provincial capital and [[Cities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo\|city]] \|motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> Line 47: \|subdivision_type4 = \|subdivision_name4 = \|parts_type = [[Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo\|Communes]] \|parts_style = para \|p1 = Kupa Line 53: \|p3 = Mendambo <!-- Politics -----------------> \|government_footnotes = \|government_footnotes = <ref>{{cite news \|title=Haut- Uélé : vendeurs et étalagistes des marchés d'Isiro réclament le départ du maire de la ville \|url=https://acpcongo.com/haut-uele-vendeurs-et-etalagistes-des-marches-disiro-reclament-le-depart-du-maire-de-la-ville/ \|access-date=1 September 2019 \|work=ACP Média Public \|date=22 June 2019 \|language=fr}}</ref> \|government_type = \|leader_title = Mayor \|leader_name = Guillaume Lola<ref>{{cite news \|title=Haut-Uele : le nouveau maire d'Isiro prend officiellement ses fonctions \|url=https://acpcongo.com/index.php/2023/02/01/haut-uele-le-nouveau-maire-disiro-prend-officiellement-ses-fonctions/ \|access-date=12 February 2023 \|agency=Agence congolaise de presse (ACP) \|date=1 February 2023 \|language=fr \|archive-date=13 February 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213064151/https://acpcongo.com/index.php/2023/02/01/haut-uele-le-nouveau-maire-disiro-prend-officiellement-ses-fonctions/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> ~~\|leader_name = Jean-Joseph Matete~~ \|leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> \|leader_name1 = Line 132: }} '''Isiro''' (pronounced {{IPA-xx\|iˈsiro\|}}) is the capital of [[Haut-Uele Province]] in the northeastern part of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. It lies between the [[Tropical rainforest\|equatorial forest]] and the [[savannah]] and its main resource is coffee. Isiro's population is estimated at approximately 182,000.<ref>~~[http~~{{Cite web \|date=2024-03-04 \|title=Updates (Maps / Infographics) {{!}} ReliefWeb \|url=https://~~www~~reliefweb.int/updates?list=Updates%20%28Maps%20/%20Infographics%29&view=maps \|access-date=2024-03-05 \|website=reliefweb.int \|language=en \|archive-date=2024-01-24 \|archive-url=https:/rw/~~fullMaps_Af~~web.archive.~~nsf~~org/0web/~~870AEB3188D5D25485257046006B924F~~20240124173040/~~$File~~https:/~~monuc_POP_cod090505~~/reliefweb.~~pdf~~int/updates?~~OpenElement] 2004 Urban Population map of the Democratic Republic~~list=Updates%20%28Maps%20/%20Infographics%29&view=maps of\|url-status=live ~~Congo~~}}</ref> Most people speak, Pa-Zande ([[Zande language]]), [[Lingala]], [[Swahili language\|Swahili]] and which is somehow uncommon. ==History== Isiro was named ''Paulis'' after colonel, later diplomat, [[Albert Paulis]] when it was part of the [[Belgian Congo]]. The city was developed in 1934 and reached its peak in 1957.<ref>[{{Cite web \|date=2007-09-28 \|title=Informations générales \|url=http://www.uniuele.net/reperes_geo.htm] ~~{{Webarchive~~\|access-date=2024-03-05 \|archive-date=2007-09-28 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928040119/http://www.uniuele.net/reperes_geo.htm \|~~date=2007~~url-~~09-28~~status=bot: unknown }}</ref> ~~Université~~In ~~d'Uélé~~the ~~(in~~troubled ~~French).~~days ~~Accessed~~of ~~November~~Congo's independence and its 4aftermath, ~~2006~~operation ''Black Dragoon'' brought fighting between Belgian paratroopers and local [[Simba Rebellion\|Simba]] militias.~~</ref>~~ ~~In the troubled days of Congo's independence and its aftermath, operation ''Black Dragoon'' brought fighting between Belgian paratroopers and local [[Simba Rebellion\|Simba]] militias.~~ In 1998, Isiro became the home of a newly created [[Dominican Order\|Dominican]]-operated university called ''[[University of Uélé\|Université dde l'Uélé]]''. It is the third city in Orientale province (after Kisangani and Bunia) to welcome a university. In 2015 Isiro became the capital of the Province of Haut-Uele, as governor [[ Lola Kisanga]] 2015-2019. ~~==Government and politics==~~ It is the district seat of Haut-Uele, having replaced Bambiri, and includes six territories: [[Dungu Territory\|Dungu]], [[Faradje Territory\|Faradje]], [[Niangara Territory\|Niangara]], [[Rangu Territoru\|Rangu]], [[Wamba Territory\|Wamba]], and [[Watsa Territory\|Watsa]]. Isiro is also the birthplace of [[Marie Daulne]], Leader of the group [[Zap Mama]]. In 2024 Isiro's population rose to over 400.000. == Transport ==▼ ▲== Transport == Isiro is served by [[Matari Airport]], a national airport with flights to Kinshasa, the capital. The isolated [[narrow-gauge railway\|narrow gauge]] [[Vicicongo line]] to the river port of [[Bumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo\|Bumba]] on the Congo River is not currently operational. The dirt roads to and from Isiro allow commercial trade with [[Uganda]] and [[South Sudan]], in principle, but may be impassable in the wet season. ~~{{Coord\|02\|47\|N\|27\|37\|E\|region:CD_type:city\|display=title}}~~ ==People== * [[Marie Daulne]] (born 1964), singer * [[ Jean Bakomito Gambu]] (politician) Governor of Haut-Uele 2024- ==See also== Line 155 ⟶ 159: {{New DRC provincial capitals}} {{Authority control}}{{Coord\|02\|47\|N\|27\|37\|E\|region:CD_type:city\|display=title}} [[Category:Isiro\| ]] [[Category:Populated places in Haut-Uélé]] [[Category:Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]