Kabare Territory

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Kabare Territory is a territory in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo,[1][2] on the western side of Lake Kivu.

Kabare Territory is the home region of the Shi people.[citation needed]

History[]

Kabare Territory was the central part of the former Bushi Kingdom between the Mitumba Mountains and Lake Kivu.[citation needed]

On 7 August 2015 the 2015 South Kivu earthquake, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake, struck 35 km (22 mi) north northeast of Kabare at a depth of 12.0 km (7.5 mi).[3]

Geography[]

Kabare Territory is located in the far eastern Congo on the western shores of Lake Kivu. Part of Kahuzi-Biéga National Park is located in Kabare Territory.[4]

Kalehe Territory borders the country of Rwanda to the east, across Lake Kivu. It borders the territories of Kalehe in the north; Shabunda in the west, Walungu in the south, and Idjwi (an island in the middle of the Lake Kivu) also to the east.[5]


Notes and references[]

  1. ^ Kippenberg, Juliane (2009). Soldiers Who Rape, Commanders Who Condone. New York: Human Rights Watch. ISBN 978-1-56432-510-5. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Sud-Kivu: des attaques attribuées aux FDLR et FARDC dans 5 territoires". Radio Okapi (in French). 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  3. ^ "M5.8 - 35km NNE of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Parc National de Kahuzi Biega" (in French). Archived from the original on 17 July 2018.
  5. ^ A map of South-Kivu Province Showing the territories (Kabare, Kalehe) (Map). Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. from Munyuli, Théodore; et al. (2017). "Farmers′ perceptions, believes, knowledge and management practices of potato pests in South-Kivu Province, eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo". Open Agriculture. 2 (1): 362–385. doi:10.1515/opag-2017-0040.

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