Sud-Kivu
| Sud-Kivu | |
|---|---|
 _-_Sud-Kivu.svg) |
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| country |
 Democratic Republic of Congo
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| Provincial capital | Bukavu |
| governor | Theo Ngwabidje Kasi |
| National language | Kiswahili |
| surface | 65,070 km² |
| population | 5,772,000 (calculation 2015) |
| Population density | 89.0 |
| ISO 3166-2 | CD-SK |
Sud-Kivu (German South Kivu ) is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with 5,772,000 inhabitants. Its capital is Bukavu .
geography
The province is located in the east of the country and borders in the north on the province of North Kivu , in the east on Rwanda with Lake Kivu , on Burundi and Lake Tanganyika ( Tanzania ), in the south on the province Tanganyika and in the west on Maniema .
Districts
Sud-Kivu is further divided into the eight districts Fizi , Idjwi , Kabare , Kalehe , Mwenga , Shabunda , Uvira and Walungu , which in turn are divided into separate territories.
places
- Bukavu (provincial capital)
- Fizi (capital of the Fizi district )
- Now you
- Cabare
- Kamituga
- Katudu
- Katana (Sud-Kivu)
- Lemera
- Nyangezi
- Shabunda
- Mwenga
- Uvira (capital of the Uvira district )
history
The province was created in 1969 when the former Kivu Province was divided . A province of Sud-Kivu already existed from April 25 to December 28, 1966.
In the 2006–2009 Congo War , Sud-Kivu was one of the areas most affected by the acts of war and the associated mass rape of the civilian population.
Marcellin Chishambo was Governor of Sud-Kivu from 2010 to 2017 . He was followed by Claude Nyamugabo Bazibuhe . Theo Ngwabidje Kasi won the gubernatorial elections on April 10, 2019 .
Web links
- Places in South Kivu , website of the Congolese Ministry of Health (French)
- Map of Sud-Kivu
- “Exploitation minière au Sud-Kivu: de la responsabilite des entreprises et de l'etat” (2006) by Frank Mayundo Muyumba
- Market study in the territories of Sud-Kivu and Maniema by the World Food Program (WFP), June 2011 (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ bevölkerungsstatistik.de
- ^ Congo (Dem. Rep.): Provinces & Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved April 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Sud Kivu: Theo Ngwabidje Kasi est élu gouverneur
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