Kiliba is a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), situated just north of the northern tip of Lake Tanganyika in the Uvira Territory of the South Kivu Province. It is approximately 17 km away from Bujumbura, the largest city and former capital of Burundi, and 25 km north of Uvira. The primary spoken language is Kifuliiru, although Kiswahili and French are also commonly spoken.[1]
It is located at the base of the Mitumba Mountains (which lie to the west) in the Ruzizi Plain. It was once the site of the sugar cane mill of Sucraf-Sucki, the second largest and oldest sugar mill in the DRC. The factory was destroyed in the Second Congo War which started in 1998.
The factory is currently under rehabilitation as from 2019.[2][3][4]
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^Kapapi, John (March 28, 2019). Lies of the Tutsi in Eastern Congo/Zaire: A Case Study: South Kivu (Pre-Colonial to 2018). Bloomington, Indiana. pp. 35–37. ISBN 9781796022896.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Gerard-Libois, Jules; Verhaegen, Benoit (December 8, 2015). Congo 1964: Political Documents of a Developing Nation. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 370. ISBN 9781400875429.
^Stroup, Mary-Ellen (March 16, 2021). A Bunk Bed, a Banana Tree and a Dog: Personal Letters and Recollections Unfold Decades of a Family's Growing Faith in God While Missionaries in a Developing Country. Monroe County, Indiana: WestBow Press. ISBN 9781664219113.
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