Idjwi Territory

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Idjwi Territory is an administrative division of the Democratic Republic of the Congo encompassing Idjwi Island in Lake Kivu, known for its dense population and relative stability within the conflict-affected eastern region.

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Idjwi Territory canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
territory
administrativeCenter Bugarula
administrativeLevel territory-level subdivision
areaCharacteristic island territory
borderedBy North Kivu Province
Rwanda
capital Bugarula
conflictStatus relatively peaceful compared to neighboring mainland areas
country Democratic Republic of the Congo
geographicalFeature island in Lake Kivu
governedBy territorial administrator
hasCharacteristic lake island community
rural
hasEconomicActivity fishing
small-scale trade
subsistence agriculture
hasEthnicGroups Bantu peoples
hasPart Idjwi Island
knownFor high population density
relative stability compared to surrounding conflict-affected areas
languageUsed French
Swahili
local Bantu languages
locatedBetween city of Bukavu
linked to: Bukavu

city of Goma
linked to: Goma
locatedIn Lake Kivu
South Kivu Province
linked to: South Kivu

eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
locatedInRegion African Great Lakes region
locatedNear Congolese shore of Lake Kivu
Rwandan shore of Lake Kivu
partOf Democratic Republic of the Congo
Idjwi Island
populationCharacteristic densely populated
sovereignState Democratic Republic of the Congo
timeZone Central Africa Time
utcOffset +2

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South Kivu hasTerritory Idjwi Territory
Kalehe Territory borderedBy Idjwi Territory