DR Congo
Kivu
South Kivu

Bukavu

Bukavu is in the . It is on the border with . This area has suffered from some of the ongoing political unrest.
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  • Type: City with 707,000 residents
  • Description: provincial capital and city in South Kivu, DR Congo
  • Also known as: “Bukavu Territory”, “Costermansstad”, and “Costermansville”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Our Lady of Peace Cathedral, Bukavu and Stade de la Concorde.

Church
The Our Lady of Peace Cathedral or simply Cathedral of Bukavu, is a religious building of the Catholic Church which is located in the city of Bukavu in the east end of the African country of the , specifically in the province of South Kivu.

Stadium
Photo: Radio Okapi, CC BY 2.0.
is a stadium located in Bukavu, . It has a seating capacity of 10,000 spectators. It serves as the home of OC Muungano of the Linafoot.

Prison
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cyangugu.

Photo: Davyimage, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city and capital of the Rusizi District in , . The city lies at the southern end of , and is contiguous with Bukavu, , but separated from it by the Ruzizi River.

Bukavu

Latitude
-2.5056° or 2° 30′ 20″ south
Longitude
28.8595° or 28° 51′ 34″ east
Population
707,000
Elevation
1,525 metres (5,003 feet)
Open location code
6G9CFVV5+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 436044301
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
217830
Wiki­data ID
Q222279
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Bukavu” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bukavu”
  • Afrikaans: “Costermansstad”
  • Afrikaans: “Costermansville”
  • Arabic: “بوكافو”
  • Armenian: “Բուկավու”
  • Asturian: “Bukavu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bukavu”
  • Basque: “Bukavu”
  • Belarusian: “Букаву”
  • Bengali: “বুকাভু”
  • Breton: “Bukavu”
  • Breton: “Costermansville”
  • Bulgarian: “Букаву”
  • Catalan: “Bukavu”
  • Cebuano: “Bukavu”
  • Chinese: “布卡武”
  • Croatian: “Bukavu”
  • Czech: “Bukavu”
  • Danish: “Bukavu”
  • Dutch: “Bukavu”
  • Dutch: “Costermansstad”
  • Dutch: “Costermansville”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوكافو”
  • Esperanto: “Bukavu”
  • Esperanto: “Costermansstad”
  • Esperanto: “Costermansville”
  • Estonian: “Bukavu”
  • Estonian: “Costermansville”
  • Ewe: “Bukavu”
  • Finnish: “Bukavu”
  • French: “BK”
  • French: “Bukavu”
  • French: “Costermansville”
  • French: “Kuvumu”
  • Galician: “Bukavu”
  • Georgian: “ბუკავუ”
  • German: “Bukavu”
  • German: “Costermansstad”
  • German: “Costermansville”
  • Greek: “Μπουκάβου”
  • Gujarati: “બુકાવુ”
  • Hausa: “Bukavu”
  • Hebrew: “בוקאבו”
  • Hindi: “बुकावु”
  • Hungarian: “Bukavu”
  • Indonesian: “Bukavu”
  • Italian: “Bukavu”
  • Italian: “Costermansstad”
  • Italian: “Costermansville”
  • Japanese: “ブカヴ”
  • Japanese: “ブカブ”
  • Kannada: “ಬುಕಾವು”
  • Kongo: “Bukavu”
  • Kongo: “Costermansville”
  • Korean: “부카부”
  • Latvian: “Bukavu”
  • Lingala: “Bukavu”
  • Lingala: “Costermansville”
  • Lithuanian: “Bukavu”
  • Lithuanian: “Kostermanvilis”
  • Luba-Lulua: “Bukavu”
  • Luba-Lulua: “Costermansville”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bukavu”
  • Macedonian: “Букаву”
  • Malay: “Bukavu”
  • Marathi: “बुकाऊ”
  • Mingrelian: “ბუკავუ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bukavu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Costermansville”
  • Norwegian: “Bukavu”
  • Persian: “بوکاوا”
  • Polish: “Bukavu”
  • Polish: “Costermansville”
  • Portuguese: “Bucavu”
  • Romanian: “Bukavu”
  • Romanian: “Costermansstad”
  • Romanian: “Costermansville”
  • Russian: “Букаву”
  • Serbian: “Bukavu”
  • Serbian: “Ville de Bukavu”
  • Serbian: “Букаву”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bukavu”
  • Shona: “Bukavu”
  • Sinhala: “බුකවූ”
  • Slovak: “Bukavu”
  • Slovenian: “Bukavu”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بوکاوا”
  • Spanish: “Bukavu”
  • Spanish: “Costermansville”
  • Swahili: “BK”
  • Swahili: “Bukavu”
  • Swedish: “Bukavu”
  • Swedish: “Costermansstad”
  • Swedish: “Costermansville”
  • Tagalog: “Bukavu”
  • Tamil: “புகவு”
  • Telugu: “బుకావు”
  • Thai: “บูคาวู”
  • Thai: “บูโควานี”
  • Turkish: “Bukavu”
  • Ukrainian: “Букаву”
  • Ukrainian: “Костермансвіль”
  • Urdu: “بوکاوو”
  • Vietnamese: “Bukavu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bukavu”
  • Zulu: “Bukavu”

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