Kabare Territory


Kabare Territory is a territory in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the western side of Lake Kivu.
Kabare Territory is the home region of the Shi people.

History

Kabare Territory was the central part of the former Bushi Kingdom between the Mitumba Mountains and Lake Kivu.
On 7 August 2015 the 2015 South Kivu earthquake, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake, struck north northeast of Kabare at a depth of.

Geography

Kabare Territory is located in the far eastern Congo on the western shores of Lake Kivu. Part of Kahuzi-Biéga National Park is located in Kabare Territory.
Kalehe Territory borders the country of Rwanda to the east, across Lake Kivu. It borders the territories of Kalehe in the north; Shabunda in the west, Walungu in the south, and Idjwi also to the east.