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.
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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
View the SourceWikidata: 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 Reader Challenges (0)
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