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Rutshuru
Nord-Kivutown
Demographic figures from INS DRC. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Rutshuru, a town in Nord-Kivu, DR Congo, forms part of the country's settled landscape. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Coordinates of -1.187°, 29.446° situate Rutshuru in the equatorial zone of the southern hemisphere. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,754 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 69% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Green White-eyeZosterops stuhlmanni Reichenow, 1892 · Aves40
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves40
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp Temminck, 1820 · Aves32
- Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi Sharpe, 1891 · Aves29
- Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata (Vieillot, 1816) · Aves25
- Bronze SunbirdNectarinia kilimensis Shelley, 1885 · Aves25
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus (Shaw, 1799) · Aves25
- White-eyed Slaty FlycatcherDioptrornis fischeri Reichenow, 1884 · Aves24
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.5 — 2026-02-0261 km W of Ntungamo, Uganda
- M 4.5 — 2025-05-0439 km NNW of Ntungamo, Uganda
- M 4.4 — 2024-11-3048 km W of Ntungamo, Uganda
- M 4.6 — 2023-08-2460 km NNW of Rukungiri, Uganda
- M 4.6 — 2023-06-1546 km WSW of Ntungamo, Uganda
- M 4.7 — 2023-03-27Lake Edward region, Congo-Uganda
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here


People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API