Idjwi
Idjwi, or Ijwi, is an inland island in Lake Kivu which forms part of South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At 70 km in length and with an area of 340 km2, it is the second-largest lake island in Africa and the tenth largest in the world.- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Also known as: “Ijwi”, “Ijwi Kingdom”, and “Ile Idjwi”
Idjwi
- Category: landform
- Location: South Kivu, DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Zulu—“Idjwi” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Իջվի”
- Belarusian: “Іджві”
- Breton: “Idjwi”
- Cebuano: “Île Idjwi”
- Chinese: “伊吉威岛”
- Chinese: “伊吉威島”
- Dutch: “Idjwi”
- Estonian: “Idjwi saar”
- French: “Idjwi”
- French: “Ijwi”
- Georgian: “იჯვი”
- German: “Idjiwi”
- German: “Idjwi”
- Italian: “Idjwi”
- Japanese: “イジウィ島”
- Japanese: “イディウィ島”
- Korean: “이쥐섬”
- Lingala: “Idjwi”
- Lithuanian: “Idžvi”
- Polish: “Idjwi”
- Portuguese: “Idjwi”
- Romanian: “Idjwi”
- Russian: “Иджви”
- Spanish: “Idjwi”
- Swahili: “Idjwi”
- Swedish: “Île Idjwi”
- Ukrainian: “Іджві”
- Zulu: “Idjwi”
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