Walungu Territory is a territory located within the South Kivu Province in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Situated approximately 40 km from Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu Province, it shares borders with Kabare Territory to the north, Mwenga Territory to the south, Uvira Territory and the Ruzizi River, as well as the Republics of Rwanda and Burundi to the east, and Shabunda Territory and part of Kabare Territory to the west. According to the 2018 national census, the region has a population of 716,671, with 672,436 residing in the Ngweshe Chiefdom and 44,235 in the Kaziba Chiefdom. Spanning an area of 1,800 km2, Walungu Territory has a population density of 398 inhabitants per square kilometer.
MONUSCO assist in building walls for a church in 2021
Kamanyola high plateau situated in the Ruzizi Plain within the Ngweshe Chiefdom
Luzinzi River, August 2019
Walungu Territory, January 2009
South Kivu is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Its capital is Bukavu.
View of Kaziba Chiefdom
The Lemera Hospital, where the Lemera massacre took place
Victims of sexual violence in the town Bunyakiri in the Kalehe Territory of the South Kivu Province, August 2010
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, South Kivu, October 2017
