North Kivu

North Kivu is a province bordering in the eastern . The capital city is . Spanning approximately 59,483 square kilometers with a population estimate of 8,985,711 as of 2020, it is bordered by Ituri to the north, to the northwest, to the southwest, and to the south, as well as and to the east.
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  • Type: State with 4,910,000 residents
  • Description: province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Also known as: “CD-NK”, “etúká ya Kivu ya Nole”, “Jimbo ya Kivu ya Kaskazini”, “Kivu del Nord”, “Kivu do Norte”, “Kivu Kaskazini”, “Kivu Norte”, “Kivu ya Nordi”, “kizûnga Kivu ya Node”, “mkoa wa Kivu Kaskazini”, “Noord-Kivoe”, “Nord Kivu”, “Nord-Kivuo”, “Norda Kivuo”, “North Kivu Province”, “Province du Nord Kivu”, “Sous-Région du Nord-Kivu”, “Ulahi wa muulu wa Kivu”, “北キブ州”, “北基伍”, “北基武省”, and “基伍北省”
Photo: Julien Harneis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

North Kivu

Latitude
-0.5646° or 0° 33′ 52″ south
Longitude
28.7062° or 28° 42′ 22″ east
Population
4,910,000
Elevation
1,978 metres (6,490 feet)
Open location code
6GFCCPP4+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4346329231
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
206938
Wiki­data ID
Q130625
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“North Kivu” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሰሜን ኪቬ”
  • Arabic: “كيفو الشمالية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimali Kivu”
  • Basque: “Ipar Kivu”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночнае Ківу”
  • Belarusian: “правінцыя Паўночнае Ківу”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর কিভু”
  • Breton: “Nord-Kivu”
  • Bulgarian: “Нор Киву”
  • Bulgarian: “Северно Киву”
  • Catalan: “Kivu Nord”
  • Cebuano: “Province du Nord-Kivu”
  • Central Kurdish: “کیڤوی باکوور”
  • Chinese: “北基伍省”
  • Croatian: “Nord-Kivu”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverni Kivu”
  • Czech: “Severní Kivu”
  • Danish: “Nord-Kivu”
  • Danish: “North Kivu”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Kivu”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Norda Kivuo”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Norda Kivuo”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Kivu provints”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Kivu”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Kivu”
  • French: “Nord-Kivu”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი კივუს პროვინცია”
  • German: “Nord-Kivu”
  • German: “Nordkivu”
  • Greek: “Βόρειο Κίβου”
  • Gujarati: “નોર્થ કિવુ”
  • Hausa: “Arewa Kivu”
  • Hebrew: “צפון קיוו”
  • Hebrew: “קיוו צפון”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर कीवू प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Észak-Kivu tartomány”
  • Indonesian: “Nord-Kivu”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Nord-Kivu”
  • Italian: “provincia del Kivu Nord”
  • Italian: “Provincia del Kivu Nord”
  • Japanese: “北キヴ州”
  • Javanese: “Kivu Lor”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಕಿವು”
  • Kazakh: “Түндік Киву”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Intara ya Kivu y’Amajyaruguru”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк Киву”
  • Kongo: “Kivu ya Node”
  • Korean: “북키부주”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļkivu”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļu Kivu”
  • Lingala: “Kivu ya Nole”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Kivu”
  • Luba-Lulua: “Ulahi wa muulu”
  • Malay: “Nord-Kivu”
  • Marathi: “उत्तर किव्वा”
  • Mingrelian: “ოორუე კივუშ პროვინცია”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nord-Kivu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Kivu”
  • Norwegian: “Nord-Kivu”
  • Oromo: “Kivu Kaaba”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰ ਕਿਵੂ”
  • Persian: “کیوو شمالی”
  • Polish: “Kiwu Północne”
  • Portuguese: “Quivu do Norte”
  • Pushto: “شمال کیوو”
  • Romanian: “Nord-Kivu”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Nord-Kivu”
  • Russian: “Северное Киву”
  • Serbian: “Северни Киву”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nord-Kivu”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු කිවූ”
  • Slovak: “Nord-Kivu”
  • Slovenian: “Nord-Kivu”
  • Slovenian: “Severni Kivu”
  • Somali: “Kivu Waqooyi”
  • Spanish: “Kivu del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Kivu del Norte”
  • Swahili: “Kivu ya Kaskazini”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kivu Kaskazini”
  • Swedish: “Norra Kivu”
  • Tajik: “Киву Шимолӣ”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு கிவு”
  • Tatar: “Киву Төньяк”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк Киву”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర కివు”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดกีวูเหนือ”
  • Thai: “นอร์-กีวู”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Kivu”
  • Ukrainian: “Північне Ківу”
  • Urdu: “شمالی کیوو”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy Kivu”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Kivu”
  • Walloon: “Province do Kivou bijhrece”
  • Walloon: “Province do Kivou Bijhrece”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nord-Kivu”
  • Wu Chinese: “北基伍省”
  • Wu Chinese: “北基伏省”
  • Zulu: “North Kivu”

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