Kalehe Territory

Kalehe Territory
Territory
Kalehe Territory
Coordinates: 02°06′15″S 28°27′30″E / 2.10417°S 28.45833°E / -2.10417; 28.45833Coordinates: 02°06′15″S 28°27′30″E / 2.10417°S 28.45833°E / -2.10417; 28.45833
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo
Province South Kivu
Area
 • Total 5,126 km2 (1,979 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 • Total 462,465
Official language French
trade language Swahili

Kalehe Territory is a territory in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] Its administrative centre is the town of Kalehe on the western shore of Lake Kivu. Other important towns include Buguli, Bunyakiri, Kalangala, Kalungu, Minova, and Nyamasasa.

Geography

Kalehe Territory is located in the far eastern Congo on the western shores of Lake Kivu. The eastern part of Kahuzi-Biéga National Park is located in Kalehe Territory.[2]

Kalehe Territory borders the country of Rwanda to the east, across Lake Kivu. It borders the province of North Kivu (the territories of Walikale and Masisi) in the north; and the territories of Shabunda in the west, Kabare in the south, and Idjwi (an island in the middle of the Lake Kivu) also to the east.[3]

Administrative divisions

Kalehe Territory is subdivided into two sectors: Buloho and Buhavu.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "DR Congo: humanitarian situation deteriorates in the Kivus". ICRC. 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  2. ↑ "Parc National de Kahuzi Biega" (in French). Archived from the original on 17 July 2018.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Blaes, X. (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). PNUD-SIG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
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