Kalehe Territory

Kalehe Territory is a territory in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] Its administrative centre is the town of Kalehe on the western shore of Lake Kivu. Other important towns include Buguli, Bunyakiri, Kalangala, Kalungu, Minova, and Nyamasasa.

Kalehe
Territory
Kalehe
Coordinates: 02°06′15″S 28°27′30″E
Country DR Congo
ProvinceSouth Kivu
SeatKalehe
Area
 • Total5,126 km2 (1,979 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total462,465
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
Official languageFrench
National languageSwahili

Geography

Kalehe Territory is located in the far eastern Congo on the western shores of Lake Kivu. The eastern part of Kahuzi-Biéga National Park is located in Kalehe Territory.[2]

Kalehe Territory borders the country of Rwanda to the east, across Lake Kivu. It borders the province of North Kivu (the territories of Walikale and Masisi) in the north; and the territories of Shabunda in the west, Kabare in the south, and Idjwi (an island in the middle of the Lake Kivu) also to the east.[3]

Administrative divisions

Kalehe Territory is subdivided into two chiefdoms: Buloho and Buhavu. In buhavu chiefdom which is located alongside lake Kivu,is the most populated of Kalehe.Its populations are "Bantu" and their common language is "Kihavu".The Buhavu is led by a clan called "Bahande".This clan is majorly for leaders of the chiefdom. Here are how the Bahande clan occupied and led Kalehe. In Ihusi south part of Kalehe :Location of the king (mwami) Kamirogosa. In Mbinga Nord, that is the north Mbinga groupement :Location of the natable Nyangezi Mugugu and the brother Chirimwami Nsibula.In nord of the territory especially Buzi,is the location of Sangara.All these are the same descendants belonging to theBahande ruling clan of Kalehe. Note that Nyangezi Mugugu is the father of the journalist Elvis Elisha Nyangezi of the Bubandano Radio in Minova.Elvis is a young boy who grew with the spirit of leadership like his father.[4]

See also

References
  1. "DR Congo: humanitarian situation deteriorates in the Kivus". ICRC. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. "Parc National de Kahuzi Biega" (in French). Archived from the original on 17 July 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. Blaes, X. (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). PNUD-SIG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
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