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- 1989 - City becomes part of the newly formed South Kivu province.
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South Kivu (Swahili: Jimbo la Kivu Kusini; French: Sud-Kivu) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). [3] Its capital is Bukavu . Situated within the Great Rift Valley , South Kivu is bordered by Lake Kivu , Burundi , and Tanzania to the east; Maniema Province to the west; North Kivu Province to the north; and ...
Bukavu is part of the ancient territory of Bushi Kingdom, an ethnic group of South-Kivu. It was governed by a "Muluzi" Nyalukemba, when the first Arabs arrived. They were traders and often trafficked in enslaved Africans; they were influential in much of Africa.
Bukavu is part of the ancient territory of Bushi Kingdom, an ethnic group of South-Kivu. It was governed by a "Muluzi" Nyalukemba, when the first Arabs arrived. They were traders and often trafficked in enslaved Africans; they were influential in much of Africa.
1989 - City becomes part of the newly formed South Kivu province. [8] 1993 - Radio Maendeleo [fr] begins broadcasting. [citation needed] 1994. Rwandan war refugees flee to Bukavu. [8] Population: 201,569 (estimate). [8] 1996 - October: City taken by Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo.
South Kivu ( Swahili: Jimbo la Kivu Kusini; French: Sud-Kivu) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Its capital is Bukavu.
South-Kivu has internal borders with North Kivu, Maniema, and Katanga provinces. Bukavu is the capital of province. Baraka and Uvira are the two other major cities. The landscape includes mountains (eastern north part), the Central Basin (western part) and a vast plain at the southern east part.
South Kivu Province was created from Sud-Kivu District in 1989, when the existing Kivu Province was divided into three parts (South Kivu, North Kivu and Maniema). Traditional authority is vested in chieftaincies, also known as collectivities (collectivités) or sectors.
