South Kivu

South Kivu is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is . Located within the East African Rift's western branch Albertine Rift, it is bordered to the east by , , , and ; to the west by ; to the north by ; and the south by .
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  • Type: province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with 3,910,000 residents
  • Description: province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Also known as: “CD-SK”, “etúká ya Kivu ya Sidi”, “Jimbo ya Kivu ya kusini”, “Kivu do Sul”, “Kivu Kusini”, “Kivu sur”, “kizûnga Kivu ya Sudi”, “mkoa wa Kivu Kusini”, “Province du Sud Kivu”, “Province du Sud-Kivu”, “Sør-Kivu”, “Sous-Région du Sud-Kivu”, “south Kivu Province”, “South Kivu Province”, “Sud Kivu”, “Süd-Kivu”, “Sud-Kivuo”, “Suda Kivuo”, “Südkivu”, “Sydkivu”, “Жанубий Киву”, “南キブ州”, “南基伍”, and “基伍南省”

South Kivu

Latitude
-3.1667° or 3° 10′ south
Longitude
28.25° or 28° 15′ east
Population
3,910,000
Elevation
1,100 metres (3,609 feet)
Open location code
6G8CR7M2+82
Geo­Names ID
205413
Wiki­data ID
Q488326
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“South Kivu” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ ኪቬ”
  • Arabic: “كيفو الجنوبية”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Կիվու”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Kivu del Sur”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub Kivu”
  • Basque: “Hego Kivu”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвае Ківу”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ কিভু”
  • Breton: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Bulgarian: “Сюд Киву”
  • Bulgarian: “Южно Киву”
  • Catalan: “Kivu del Sud”
  • Catalan: “Kivu Sud”
  • Cebuano: “South Kivu Province”
  • Chinese: “南基伍省”
  • Croatian: “Južni Kivu”
  • Croatian: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Czech: “Jižní Kivu”
  • Danish: “South Kivu”
  • Danish: “Syd-Kivu”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Kivu”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Suda Kivuo”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Suda Kivuo”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Kivu provints”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Kivu”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Kivu”
  • French: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Galician: “Kivu do Sur”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი კივუს პროვინცია”
  • German: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Greek: “Νότιο Κίβου”
  • Gujarati: “સાઉથ કિવુ”
  • Hausa: “Kudu Kivu”
  • Hebrew: “דרום קיוו”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण कीवू प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Kivu tartomány”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Sud-Kivu”
  • Indonesian: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Italian: “provincia del Kivu Sud”
  • Italian: “Provincia del Kivu Sud”
  • Japanese: “南キヴ州”
  • Javanese: “Kivu Selatan”
  • Kannada: “ಸೌತ್ ಕಿವು”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Киву”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Intara ya Kivu y’Amajyepfo”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк Киву”
  • Kongo: “Kivu ya Sudi”
  • Korean: “남키부주”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidkivu”
  • Lingala: “Kivu ya Sidi”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Kivu”
  • Macedonian: “Јужно Киву”
  • Malay: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण किवु”
  • Mingrelian: “ობჟათე კივუშ პროვინცია”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Norwegian: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Oromo: “Kivu Midhina”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣ ਕਿਵੂ”
  • Persian: “سود کیوا”
  • Persian: “کیوو جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Kiwu Południowe”
  • Portuguese: “Quivu do Sul”
  • Pushto: “سوېل کیوو”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Sud-Kivu”
  • Russian: “Южное Киву”
  • Serbian: “Јужни Киву”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු කිවූ”
  • Slovak: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Slovenian: “Južni Kivu”
  • Slovenian: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Somali: “Kivu Koonfur”
  • Spanish: “Kivu del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Kivu del Sur”
  • Swahili: “Kivu ya Kusini”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kivu Kusini”
  • Swedish: “Södra Kivu”
  • Tajik: “Киву Ҷанубӣ”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு கிவு”
  • Tatar: “Кибу Көньяк”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Киву”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ ఎలూథెరా”
  • Thai: “กีวูใต้”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดกีวูใต้”
  • Turkish: “Güney Kivu”
  • Ukrainian: “Південне Ківу”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی کیوو”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy Kivu”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Kivu”
  • Walloon: “Province do Kivou Nonnrece”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sud-Kivu”
  • Wu Chinese: “南基伍省”
  • Wu Chinese: “南基伏省”
  • Zulu: “South Kivu”

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