Amadi | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 3°38′00″N 26°46′03″E / 3.633264°N 26.767463°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Bas-Uélé |
Elevation | 626 m (2,054 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( West Africa Time) |
Amadi is a town in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Amadi lies on the left bank of the Uele River where it was crossed by the RS438 road. [1] It is in the Poko Territory. [2] The Amadi clan are "zandéizéd people who speak the Zande language. They are named after a former leader. [3]
A Belgian exploratory column led by Willem Frans Van Kerckhoven and Jules Alexandre Milz reached the location of Amadi on 22 December 1891 where they started to build a post. [4]
Some Premonstratensian missionaries left the Ibembo mission in December 1899 and arrived in Amadi on 10 January 1900, where they founded the first Catholic mission in Haut-Uele. In 1911 the Premonstratensians ceded the eastern part of their apostolic prefecture to the Dominicans. [5] The first Dominicans arrived on 12 January 1912. [6] In 1952 Amadi was ceded to the Augustinians, who formed the apostolic prefecture of Doruma on 24 February 1958. [7] The mission of Amadi Saint-Herman today depends on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Doruma–Dungu. [8]
Amadi | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 3°38′00″N 26°46′03″E / 3.633264°N 26.767463°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Bas-Uélé |
Elevation | 626 m (2,054 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( West Africa Time) |
Amadi is a town in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Amadi lies on the left bank of the Uele River where it was crossed by the RS438 road. [1] It is in the Poko Territory. [2] The Amadi clan are "zandéizéd people who speak the Zande language. They are named after a former leader. [3]
A Belgian exploratory column led by Willem Frans Van Kerckhoven and Jules Alexandre Milz reached the location of Amadi on 22 December 1891 where they started to build a post. [4]
Some Premonstratensian missionaries left the Ibembo mission in December 1899 and arrived in Amadi on 10 January 1900, where they founded the first Catholic mission in Haut-Uele. In 1911 the Premonstratensians ceded the eastern part of their apostolic prefecture to the Dominicans. [5] The first Dominicans arrived on 12 January 1912. [6] In 1952 Amadi was ceded to the Augustinians, who formed the apostolic prefecture of Doruma on 24 February 1958. [7] The mission of Amadi Saint-Herman today depends on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Doruma–Dungu. [8]