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North Kivu is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Goma.
South Kivu is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Bukavu.
Bukavu is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), lying at the extreme south-western edge of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda, and separated from it by the outlet of the Ruzizi River. It is the capital of the South Kivu province and as of 2012 it had an estimated population of 806,940.
Kivu was the name for a large "region" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko that bordered Lake Kivu. It included three "Sub-Regions" : Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu and Maniema, corresponding to the three current provinces created in 1986. The capital of the Kivu Region was in Bukavu, and the capitals of the three Sub-Regions were in Goma, Uvira and Kindu.
Uvira is a city in the South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Uvira is a Roman Catholic diocese, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Bukavu.
National Road No. 2 is an 863-km road in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It runs from the eastern city of Goma, which lies on the northern shore of Lake Kivu across the border from the Rwandan city of Gisenyi, around the western shore of Lake Kivu via Katana towards Bukavu. At Kavumu there is a junction with the southern spur to Bukavu, but National Road 2 turns north-west and runs 400 km to Lubutu and then 240 km to the river port of Kisangani, which is the farthest navigable point on the Congo River from the capital Kinshasa. Riverboats and small ships link Kisangani to Kinshasa.
The Vodacom Ligue 1 is the top division of the Congolese Association Football Federation, the governing body of football in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1958. In 2013, the highest attendance was set in the match DC Motema Pembe - AS Vita Club, which saw an attendance of 80,000 football fans at Stade des Martyrs. TP Mazembe is the most successful club with 19 titles.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bukavu is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu is the name that was given to two vicariates of the White Fathers, a Catholic missionary society in the Latin Roman Rite Catholic Church. Both vicariates served lands around Lake Kivu during the colonial era. The first vicariate, from 1912 to 1922, served what are now Rwanda and Burundi. The second vicariate, from 1929 to 1952, served territory in the east of the Belgian Congo.
Olympic Club Bukavu Dawa is a football club in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo and currently playing in the Linafoot, the top level of professional football in DR Congo and they play at 10,000 capacity Stade de la Concorde.
Kavumu Airport is an airport serving Bukavu, the capital city of the Sud-Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The airport is 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Bukavu.
Kadutu is a commune in Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ibanda is a commune in Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It corresponds to the city center. It is bounded on the north by Lake Kivu and on the east by Rwanda.
Luberizi is a town in the province of South Kivu of the Democratic Republic of Congo. At an elevation of 957 metres, it has a local population of about 25,462. It sits astride the N5 road where it crosses the Luberizi River, nearly midway between Uvira to the south and Bukavu to the north. The village of Mutarule, the scene of the 2014 South Kivu attack, is located outside the town.
Bagira is one of the communes in Bukavu, South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Thousands of displaced people arrived there in the early 2000s as a result of the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it was stated that it was "not uncommon" at the time for "twenty or more people there to share one small house".
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Solange Lwashiga Furaha is a human and women's rights activist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the executive secretary of the South Kivu Congolese Women's Caucus for Peace.
Etoile de Kivu is a Congolese football club based in Bukavu, South Kivu province and currently playing in the Linafoot, the first level of the Congolese football.
In early 2022, heavy rain caused large floods to hit the city of Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
