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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: “Province du Sud-Kivu”, “Sous-Région du Sud-Kivu”, “South Kivu Province”, and “Sud-Kivu”

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 Arabic to Zulu—“South Kivu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيفو الجنوبية”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Կիվու”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Kivu del Sur”
  • Basque: “Hego Kivu”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвае Ківу”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ কিভু”
  • Breton: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Bulgarian: “Сюд Киву”
  • Bulgarian: “Южно Киву”
  • Catalan: “Kivu del Sud”
  • Cebuano: “South Kivu Province”
  • Chinese: “南基伍”
  • Chinese: “南基伍省”
  • Chinese: “基伍南省”
  • Croatian: “Južni Kivu”
  • Czech: “Jižní Kivu”
  • Danish: “South Kivu”
  • Danish: “Syd-Kivu”
  • Dutch: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Kivu”
  • Esperanto: “etúká ya Kivu ya Sidi”
  • Esperanto: “Kivu Kusini”
  • Esperanto: “Kivu ya Sidi”
  • Esperanto: “Kivu ya Sudi”
  • Esperanto: “kizûnga Kivu ya Sudi”
  • Esperanto: “mkoa wa Kivu Kusini”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Suda Kivuo”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Suda Kivuo”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Kivuo”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Kivuo”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Kivu provints”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Kivu”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Kivu”
  • Finnish: “Sud-Kivu”
  • French: “Sud Kivu”
  • French: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Galician: “Kivu do Sur”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი კივუს პროვინცია”
  • German: “CD-SK”
  • German: “Sud-Kivu”
  • German: “Süd-Kivu”
  • German: “Südkivu”
  • Greek: “Νότιο Κίβου”
  • Gujarati: “સાઉથ કિવુ”
  • Hebrew: “דרום קיוו”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण कीवू प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Kivu tartomány”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Sud-Kivu”
  • Indonesian: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Italian: “Kivu Sud”
  • Italian: “provincia del Kivu Sud”
  • Italian: “Provincia del Kivu Sud”
  • Italian: “Sud Kivu”
  • Italian: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Japanese: “南キヴ州”
  • Japanese: “南キブ州”
  • Kannada: “ಸೌತ್ ಕಿವು”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Intara ya Kivu y’Amajyepfo”
  • Kongo: “Kivu ya Sudi”
  • Korean: “남키부주”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidkivu”
  • Lingala: “Kivu ya Sidi”
  • Lingala: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Kivu”
  • Macedonian: “Јужно Киву”
  • Malay: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण किवु”
  • Mingrelian: “ობჟათე კივუშ პროვინცია”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Kivu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Norwegian: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Persian: “سود کیوا”
  • Persian: “کیوو جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Kiwu Południowe”
  • Polish: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Portuguese: “Kivu do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Quivu do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Sud-Kivu”
  • Russian: “Южное Киву”
  • Serbian: “Јужни Киву”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු කිවූ”
  • Slovak: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Slovenian: “CD-SK”
  • Slovenian: “Južni Kivu”
  • Slovenian: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Spanish: “Kivu del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Kivu sur”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Kivu del Sur”
  • Swahili: “Kivu Kusini”
  • Swahili: “Kivu ya kusini”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kivu Kusini”
  • Swahili: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Swedish: “Södra Kivu”
  • Swedish: “Sud-Kivu”
  • Swedish: “Sydkivu”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு கிவு”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Киву”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ ఎలూథెరా”
  • Thai: “กีวูใต้”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดกีวูใต้”
  • Turkish: “Güney Kivu”
  • Ukrainian: “Південне Ківу”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی کیوو”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy Kivu”
  • Uzbek: “Жанубий Киву”
  • 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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