| Watsa | |
| Settlement Type: | Territory |
| Pushpin Map: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Coordinates: | 3.0372°N 29.5355°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Haut-Uélé |
| Seat: | Watsa |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Central Africa Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Watsa Territory is an administrative area in the Haut-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The administrative center is the town of Watsa.
During the Second Congo War (1998-2003), in August 1998, Ugandan troops occupied areas of Haut-Uélé including the town of Durba, the site of the Gorumbwa, Durba and Agbarabo gold mines. Almost one ton of gold was extracted during the four-year period of occupation, worth about $9 million at the time.[1]
At the end of September 2009, fighters from the Lord's Resistance Army LRA combatants were said to have attacked a numberof villages in the Durba/Watsa mining area.[2] As of April 2010 Watsa Territory was thought to have about 13,960 Internally Displaced People.[3]
The territory is divided into sectors and chiefdoms:[4]