Kabare Territory
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Kabare Territory is a territory in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7IJz0PU3jwC&pg=PA31 |last=Kippenberg |first=Juliane |year=2009 |title= Soldiers Who Rape, Commanders Who Condone | location=New York |publisher=Human Rights Watch |isbn=978-1-56432-510-5}}{{cite web |url=http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2011/08/29/sud-kivu-des-attaques-attribuees-aux-fdlr-et-fardc-dans-5-territoires/|title= Sud-Kivu: des attaques attribuées aux FDLR et FARDC dans 5 territoires|date=6 April 2011|accessdate= 2012-08-29|work=Radio Okapi|language=French |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011205917/http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2011/08/29/sud-kivu-des-attaques-attribuees-aux-fdlr-et-fardc-dans-5-territoires/ |archive-date=11 October 2011 |url-status=live}} on the western side of Lake Kivu.
Kabare Territory is the home region of the Shi people.It is the capital of Bushi Kingdom, located in the South Kivu Province, Eastern Congo. The King of this Chiefdom is Mwami Kabare Nnabushi. {{Citation needed|date=July 2018}}
History
Kabare Territory was the central part of the former Bushi Kingdom between the Mitumba Mountains and Lake Kivu.
People of Kabare Territory are Bashi or Shi people, speaking Mashi or Shi language. They are mainly farmers and small business entrepreneurs.
On 7 August 2015 the 2015 South Kivu earthquake, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake, struck {{convert|35|km|abbr=on}} north northeast of Kabare at a depth of {{convert|12.0|km|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|title=M5.8 - 35 km NNE of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10002zzn#general_summary|publisher=United States Geological Survey|accessdate=7 August 2015}}
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.{{Cite web|title=Parc National de Kahuzi Biega |language=fr |url=http://www.kahuzibiega.org/a-propos/le-parc/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180717010826/http://www.kahuzibiega.org/a-propos/le-parc/ |archive-date=17 July 2018 |url-status=live}}
Kabare 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 (an island in the middle of the Lake Kivu) also to the east.{{Cite map|title= A map of South-Kivu Province Showing the territories (Kabare, Kalehe) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/B-A-map-of-South-Kivu-Province-Showing-the-territories-Kabare-Kalehe-where-study_fig2_319445821 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717013854/https://www.researchgate.net/figure/B-A-map-of-South-Kivu-Province-Showing-the-territories-Kabare-Kalehe-where-study_fig2_319445821 |archive-date=17 July 2018 |url-status=live}} from {{Cite journal|last=Munyuli |first=Théodore |display-authors=etal |year=2017 |title=Farmers' perceptions, believes, knowledge and management practices of potato pests in South-Kivu Province, eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo |journal=Open Agriculture |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=362–385 |doi=10.1515/opag-2017-0040|doi-access=free }}