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Kivu
Kivu
was the name for a large "Region" in the
Democratic Republic of Congo
under the rule of
Mobutu Sese Seko
that bordered
Lake Kivu
. It included three "Sub-Regions" ("Sous-Regions" in French):
Nord-Kivu
,
Sud-Kivu
and
Maniema
, corresponding to the three
current provinces
created in 1986. The capital of the Kivu Region was in
Bukavu
, and the capitals of the three Sub-Regions were in
Goma
,
Uvira
and
Kindu
.
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