South Kivu

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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. Its capital is Bukavu. Located within the East African Rift's western branch Albertine Rift, it is bordered to the east by Lake Kivu, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania; to the west by Maniema; to the north by North Kivu; and the south by Tanganyika. The province covers an area of approximately 64,791 square kilometers and has an estimated population of 9,860,637 as of 2021. The province has historically been inhabited by various Bantu-speaking ethnic groups, including the Bashi, Bafuliiru, Banyindu, Bazoba, Babembe, Babuyu, Balega, Babwari, Baholoholo, Banyanga, Bavira, Bakusu, Batembo, Barongeronge, and Baswaga, as well as Pygmy ethnic groups. During the colonial period, the borders of the Congo Free State were established by the 1885 Berlin Conference, placing all of Lake Kivu and both banks of the Ruzizi River within the Free State. The region's boundaries were later...

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