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|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>
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'''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://wwwreliefweb.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_Afweb.archive.nsforg/0web/870AEB3188D5D25485257046006B924F20240124173040/$Filehttps:/monuc_POP_cod090505/reliefweb.pdfint/updates?OpenElement] 2004 Urban Population map of the Democratic Republiclist=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=2007url-09-28status=bot: unknown }}</ref> UniversitéIn d'Uéléthe (introubled French).days Accessedof NovemberCongo's independence and its 4aftermath, 2006operation ''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.
 
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==People==
 
* [[Marie Daulne]] (born 1964), singer
 
* [[ Jean Bakomito Gambu]] (politician) Governor of Haut-Uele 2024-
 
==See also==
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[[Category:Populated places in Haut-Uélé]]
[[Category:Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]