Rutshuru
Rutshuru is a town located in the North Kivu province of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and is headquarters of an administrative district, the Rutshuru Territory.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 82,700 residents
- Description: town in North Kivu in the DRC
- Also known as: “Ruchuru”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rutshuru Airport.
Rutshuru Airport
Aerodrome
Rutshuru Airport is an airport serving the town of Rutshuru in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The runway is 3 kilometres northwest of Rutshuru in the town of Kiwanja.
Rutshuru
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-1.1869° or 1° 11′ 13″ southLongitude
29.4461° or 29° 26′ 46″ eastPopulation
82,700Elevation
1,241 metres (4,072 feet)Open location code
6GCFRC7W+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 2080731983OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
206047Wikidata ID
Q2177941
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Zulu—“Rutshuru” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Rutshuru”
- Belarusian: “Рутшуру”
- Catalan: “Rutshuru”
- Cebuano: “Rutshuru”
- Chinese: “魯丘魯”
- Dutch: “Rutshuru”
- Esperanto: “Rutshuru”
- Esperanto: “Rutŝuruo”
- French: “Rutshuru”
- Fulah: “Rutshuru”
- German: “Rushuru”
- German: “Rutschuro”
- German: “Rutshuru”
- Italian: “Rutshuru”
- Japanese: “ルチュル”
- Lingala: “Rutshuru”
- Polish: “Rutshuru”
- Romanian: “Rutshuru”
- Russian: “Рутшуру”
- Swahili: “Rutshuru”
- Swedish: “Rutshuru”
- Ukrainian: “Рутшуру”
- Zulu: “Rutshuru”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kiwanja and Butusande.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rutshuru Hydroelectric Power Station and Rwanguba Hydroelectric Power Station.
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