Kabare Territory
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Kabare Territory is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kabare Territory
Kabare Territory
Coordinates: 2°30′S 28°48′E / 2.5°S 28.8°E / -2.5; 28.8
Country DR Congo
ProvinceSouth Kivu
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)

Kabare Territory is a territory in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo,[1][2] on the western side of Lake Kivu.

Kabare Territory is the home region of the Shi people.It is the capital of Bushi Kingdom, located in the South Kivu Province, Eastern Congo. The King of this Chiefdom is Mwami Kabare Nnabushi.[citation needed]

History

Kabare Territory was the central part of the former Bushi Kingdom between the Mitumba Mountains and Lake Kivu. People of Kabare Territory are Bashi or Shi people, speaking Mashi or Shi language. They are mainly farmers and small business entrepreneurs.

On 7 August 2015 the 2015 South Kivu earthquake, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake, struck 35 km (22 mi) north northeast of Kabare at a depth of 12.0 km (7.5 mi).[3]

Geography

Kabare Territory is located in the far eastern Congo on the western shores of Lake Kivu. Part of Kahuzi-Biéga National Park is located in Kabare Territory.[4]

Kabare Territory borders the country of Rwanda to the east, across Lake Kivu. It borders the territories of Kalehe in the north; Shabunda in the west, Walungu in the south, and Idjwi (an island in the middle of the Lake Kivu) also to the east.[5]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Kippenberg, Juliane (2009). Soldiers Who Rape, Commanders Who Condone. New York: Human Rights Watch. ISBN 978-1-56432-510-5.
  2. ^ "Sud-Kivu: des attaques attribuées aux FDLR et FARDC dans 5 territoires". Radio Okapi (in French). 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. ^ "M5.8 - 35 km NNE of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Parc National de Kahuzi Biega" (in French). Archived from the original on 17 July 2018.
  5. ^ A map of South-Kivu Province Showing the territories (Kabare, Kalehe) (Map). Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. from Munyuli, Théodore; et al. (2017). "Farmers' perceptions, believes, knowledge and management practices of potato pests in South-Kivu Province, eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo". Open Agriculture. 2 (1): 362–385. doi:10.1515/opag-2017-0040.
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