Mambasa Territory

Mambasa Territory
Two Toleki merchants on the road from Epulu to Mambasa
Mambasa Territory
Coordinates: 1°21′37″N 29°02′11″E / 1.36022°N 29.03629°E / 1.36022; 29.03629Coordinates: 1°21′37″N 29°02′11″E / 1.36022°N 29.03629°E / 1.36022; 29.03629
Country	Democratic Republic of Congo
Province	Ituri
Area
• Total	36,783 km2 (14,202 sq mi)
National language	Swahili

Mambasa Territory is an administrative area in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The headquarters is in the town of Mambasa. Mambasa Territory is threatened with deforestation due to illegal forestry to meet high demand for lumber by the bordering countries of Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and Kenya, as well as to slash and burn cultivation and growing demand for fuel-wood by large numbers of immigrants from the east.

Administrative divisions are:

Mambasa Territory is represented in the National Assembly by two deputies: