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Uvira

Middle Africa

Uvira is a city in South Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, covering about 207 square kilometers with an estimated population of 726,000 as of 2024. Situated in the low-lying Ruzizi Plain between Burundi's Congo-Nile ridge and the Mitumba mountains, it borders Lake Tanganyika and the Ruzizi River, which form part of the boundary between the DRC and Burundi.

Facts
Population
407,092 1
Area (sq km)
16 2
Elevation (m)
746 2
Latitude
3.4044 degrees south 2
Longitude
29.1379 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Coastal
No 4
Climate Zone
Tropical 5
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 3
Sources
1. GeoNames: Uvira
GeoNames geonameid 204405 (Uvira), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Uvira (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -3.4044, longitude 29.1379
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 746 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 16.0 sq km
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3. GeoNames: Uvira - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 204405
    -3.39534 29.13779 P PPL CD 12 08 407092 806 Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 806 m
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4. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Democratic Republic of the Congo
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Geography note and Coastline
Quote, Geography note and Coastline
the narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River is the DRC's only outlet to the South Atlantic Ocean
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5. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -3.25, 29.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -3.25, 29.25
-3.25 29.25 Aw
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Wikidata: Uvira
Wikidata Q923687, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Uvira (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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