On 15 July 1898 the Stanley Falls District became the District of Orientale Province (District de la province Orientale), with
Stanleyville as its headquarters. The
Lualaba District in the south was split off at this time. The district was also called
Stanleyville District. In 1910 the new vice-government general of
Katanga was formed the south, with parts of Lualaba District and parts of Stanleyville. Orientale/Oost Province was formed in 1913 in the
Belgian Congo from the District of Orientale Province, expanded to include Haut-Uélé, Bas-Uélé and Aruwimi. The new province contained the districts of
Bas-Uele,
Haut-Uele,
Ituri,
Stanleyville,
Aruwimi,
Maniema,
Lowa and
Kivu. It was divided in 1933 into
Costermansville (later Kivu) and Stanleyville Province. Stanleyville Province was renamed Orientale/Oost Province from 1947 to 1963, when it was broken up into
Kibali-Ituri,
Uélé and
Haut-Congo provinces. Orientale Province was reconstituted in 1966 from the amalgamation of the Uele, Kibali-Ituri and Haut-Congo provinces. In 2015 it was dissolved into the provinces of
Bas-Uélé,
Haut-Uélé,
Ituri and
Tshopo. In 1998 the Orientale villages of
Durba and
Watsa were the center of an outbreak of
Marburg virus disease among gold mine workers. The
Ituri district of Orientale was the scene of the
Ituri conflict. As of 2014, militia groups continue to fight in the province and have reportedly committed many atrocities against the local population, such as forcing women into sex slavery and forcing men to work in mines. ==Approximate correspondence between historical divisions and current provinces==