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Place in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Uvira

Tshonda, Jean Omasombo; Bisoka, Aymar Nyenyezi; Kilembwe, Théodore Assumani; Bahati, Rigobert Birembano; Tshund'Unyumbe, Paul Olela; Krawczyk, Joris; Laghmouch, Mohamed (2024).

Uvira
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The place

Tshonda, Jean Omasombo; Bisoka, Aymar Nyenyezi; Kilembwe, Théodore Assumani; Bahati, Rigobert Birembano; Tshund'Unyumbe, Paul Olela; Krawczyk, Joris; Laghmouch, Mohamed (2024). République démocratique du Congo: Sud-Kivu. Tome 1, Cadre naturel, peuplement et occupation de l'espace [Democratic Republic of the Congo: South Kivu. Volume 1, Natural framework, settlement, and land use] (PDF). Tervuren, Flemish Brabant, Belgium: Royal Museum for Central Africa. p. 38. ISBN 978-9-4645-9617-5. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

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Getting to Uvira

Airports
Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye (BJM), 21 km · Goma (GOM), 193 km · Kigali (KGL), 193 km
  • Goma → Uvira
    192 km · quickest by road, 5h 9m · $26–36
  • Kisangani → Uvira
    618 km · quickest by road, 18h 25m · $65–85
  • Kigali → Uvira
    191 km · quickest by road, 4h 45m · RF12,850–17,100
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No local-transport research exists yet for Uvira

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Uvira. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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Next door to Uvira

Uvira is 24 km from Bujumbura, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.