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Goma's most-traveled Tcukudu roundabout, April 2022. Goma is the largest and capital city of the North Kivu Province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [10] To Goma's north lies Nyiragongo Territory, the Republic of Rwanda to the east, Lake Kivu to the south, and Masisi Territory to the west.
Goma is a commune located in the city of Goma, within North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] Covering an area of 33,245 square kilometers, it forms the southernmost part of the city while also including sections of its eastern and western regions. [ 2 ]
Map of DR Congo. This is a list of places, mostly cities and towns, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without regard to their official status. ... Goma: 377,112 ...
North Kivu (Jimbo la Kivu Kaskazini in Swahili) is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [3] The capital city is Goma.Spanning approximately 59,483 square kilometers with a population estimate of 8,147,400 as of 2020, [4] [5] it is bordered by Ituri Province to the north, Tshopo Province to the northwest, Maniema Province to the southwest, and South ...
The 25 provinces of DR Congo are divided into 33 cities (fr. villes, ... Goma North Kivu: 2 4 4 of 44 ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
When Belgium annexed the Belgian Congo as a colony in November 1908, it was initially organised into 22 districts. Ten western districts were administered directly by the main colonial government, while the eastern part of the colony was administered under two vice-governments: eight northeastern districts formed Orientale Province, and four southeastern districts formed Katanga.
This led to the First Congo War (1996-1997), followed by the Second Congo War (1998-2003). In these wars Rwanda took an active role in supporting rebels opposed to the government, including supplying troops. Rwanda accused the DRC government of supporting the Interahamwe militia, Hutus who had been involved in the genocide. An interlude of ...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo [b] (DRC), also known as DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply Congo, is a country in Central Africa. By land area, the country is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world.