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Bukavu

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bukavu , city (1984 pop. 167,950), capital of Sud-Kivu province, E Congo (Kinshasa), a port on Lake Kivu. It is an administrative, commercial, and transportation center. Tea and coffee are processed. The city was founded in 1901 and was formerly known as Costermansville. The city has a teachers college and a school of mines. The Mururu hydroelectric plant is there. Author not available, BUKAVU. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Bukavu
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Costermansville Founded in 1901 as ‘Costerman's Town’; he was a Belgian official. Renamed in 1966 with a name of unknown meaning. Read more
Costermansville
see Bukavu , Congo (Kinshasa). Read more

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