SAUTIZAKIVU

Already from 25 April to 28 December 1966, there existed a province South Kivu. Geography

Sud-Kivu borders the provinces of North Kivu to the north, Maniema to the west, and Katanga to the south. To the east it borders the countries of Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania. Administrative organization

Administratively, the province of Sud-Kivu is divided into eight territories:

Fizi (15,788 km2),
Idjwi

(281 km2), this is an island in Lake Kivu,
Kabare (1,960 km2),
Kalehe (5,126 km2),
Mwenga (11,172 km2),
Shabunda (25,116 km2),
Uvira (3,148 km2),
Walungu (1,800 km2),
Cities

In the legal view, this province has three major cities of importance: Baraka (Fizi Territory), Bukavu (Provincial Capital) and Uvira (Uvira Territory).[1]

The city of Bukavu has experienced an exponential urban growth since colonial times. (2010) report about 620,000 inhabitants for 2008. The population growth rate has increased incredibly in 2002 due to the entry of massive population from Goma after the Nyiragongo eruption of 17 January 2002.[2].