Rusizi

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Rusizi

Elevation1537 m

Coordinates-2.49°, 28.90°

Demographic figures from NISR Rwanda. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cyangugu is a city and capital of the Rusizi District in Western Province, Rwanda. The city lies at the southern end of Lake Kivu, and is contiguous with Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, but separated from it by the Ruzizi River. Two bridges and a dam cross the river frontier.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

B

Barbara Kanam

Congolese guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer

Pierre Pay-Pay wa Syakasighe

Democratic Republic of the Congo politician

F

Floribert Chebeya

Congolese activist (1963-2010)

Vital Kamerhe

Economist and politician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denis Mukwege

Congolese gynecologist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo

Congolese catholic archbishop

Lokua Kanza

singer-songwriter

R

Raoul Shungu

Democratic Republic of Congo footballer

S

Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe

Congolese catholic bishop

Jean van de Velde

Dutch film director and screenwriter

Stephanos of Tallinn

Eastern Orthodox metropolitan (born 1940)

M

Mwezé Ngangura

film director from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

P

Paul Musafiri

Congolese politician

Pierre Lumbi Okongo

politician of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1950-2020)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Western

• Gitwa
  4 mi away
• Gisunzu
  4.3 mi away
• Bitaba
  4.5 mi away
• Gashonga
  8.1 mi away
• Kabugarama
  8.4 mi away
• Rwihene
  8.6 mi away
• Busasamana
  8.7 mi away
• Iperu
  9.8 mi away
• Nyamaganda
  10.6 mi away
• Rwimbogo
  11.3 mi away
• Butambamo
  11.7 mi away
• Gakoni
  13.1 mi away

Browse all places in Western →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Rusizi

IMPACTS OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN RWANDA

2015

Search results from Open Library.