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Rusizi District
Kamembe

Cyangugu

Cyangugu is a city and capital of the Rusizi District in , . The city lies at the southern end of , and is contiguous with , , but separated from it by the Ruzizi River.
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  • Type: City with 43,900 residents
  • Description: city in Rwanda
  • Also known as: “Rusisi” and “Shangugu”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bukavu.

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is in the . It is on the border with . This area has suffered from some of the ongoing political unrest.

Cyangugu

Latitude
-2.4888° or 2° 29′ 20″ south
Longitude
28.8958° or 28° 53′ 45″ east
Population
43,900
Elevation
1,582 metres (5,190 feet)
Open location code
6G9CGV6W+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 435390255
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
202326
Wiki­data ID
Q782857
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Cyangugu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيانجوجو”
  • Arabic: “سيانغوغو”
  • Asturian: “Cyangugu”
  • Basque: “Cyangugu”
  • Bengali: “রুসিজি”
  • Catalan: “Cyangugu”
  • Cebuano: “Cyangugu”
  • Chinese: “尚古古”
  • Croatian: “Cyangugu”
  • Czech: “Cyangugu”
  • Danish: “Cyangugu”
  • Dutch: “Cyangugu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيانجوجو”
  • Finnish: “Cyangugu”
  • French: “Cyangugu”
  • French: “Rusizi”
  • German: “Cyangugu”
  • Greek: “Κυανγκουγκού”
  • Hausa: “Cyangugu”
  • Hebrew: “סיאנגוגו”
  • Irish: “Cyangugu”
  • Japanese: “チャンググ”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Cyangugu”
  • Korean: “치앙구구”
  • Lithuanian: “Kjangugu”
  • Lithuanian: “Šangugu”
  • Polish: “Cyangugu”
  • Portuguese: “Ciangugu”
  • Portuguese: “Cyangugu”
  • Russian: “Сиангугу”
  • Russian: “Чьянгугу”
  • Silesian: “Cyangugu”
  • Spanish: “Cyangugu”
  • Swahili: “Cyangugu”
  • Swahili: “Kamembe”
  • Swedish: “Cyangugu”
  • Turkish: “Cyangugu”
  • Western Mari: “Чьянгугу”
  • Zulu: “Cyangugu”
  • “Cyangugu”

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