South Kivu Province

South Kivu Province Province du Sud-Kivu
Province
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital	Bukavu
Largest city	Bukavu
Government
• Governor	Marcellin Cishambo ()
Area
• Total	65,070 km2 (25,120 sq mi)
Area rank	17th
Population (2015)
• Total	5,772,000
• Rank	3rd
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Official language	French
National language	Swahili
Website	www.sudkivu.cd

South Kivu (French: Sud-Kivu) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Bukavu.

South Kivu Province was created in 1989, when the existing Kivu Province was divided into three parts (South Kivu, North Kivu and Maniema).

In June 2014, around 35 people were killed in an attack in the South Kivu village of Mutarule. The attack was apparently part of dispute over cattle.

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). One policeman was killed.

South 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.

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

In the legal view, this province has three major cities of importance: Baraka (Fizi Territory), Bukavu (Provincial Capital) and Uvira (Uvira Territory). The northern city of Minova grew exponentially from 1994 through 2012 with a steady influx of refugees as a result of the disruption of the Rwandan Genocide and the First and Second Congo wars, and continued fighting in the area.

The city of Bukavu has experienced an exponential urban growth since colonial times. Sadiki et al. (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.

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