North Kivu (Nord-Kivu in French) is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Goma.
North Kivu borders the provinces of Orientale to the north and northwest, Maniema to the southwest, and South Kivu to the south. To the east it borders the countries of Uganda and Rwanda.
The province consists of three cities—Goma, Butembo and Beni—and six territories—Beni, Lubero, Masisi, Rutshuru, Nyiragongo and Walikale. The province is home to the Virunga National Park, a World Heritage Site containing the endangered mountain gorillas.
The region is politically unstable, and has been one of the flashpoints in military conflicts in the region since 1998.
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