South Kivu

South Kivu () is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Bukavu.
South Kivu Province was created in 1989, when the existing Kivu Province was divided into three parts (South Kivu, North Kivu and Maniema).
On 7 August 2015 the 2015 South Kivu earthquake, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake, struck north northeast of Kabare at a depth of . One person was killed.
Administratively, the province of Sud-Kivu is divided into eight territories: