Kalehe Territory


Kalehe Territory is a territory in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its administrative centre is the town of Kalehe on the western shore of Lake Kivu. Other important towns include Buguli, Bunyakiri, Kalangala, Kalungu, Minova, and Nyamasasa.

Geography

Kalehe Territory is located in the far eastern Congo on the western shores of Lake Kivu. The eastern part of Kahuzi-Biéga National Park is located in Kalehe Territory.
Kalehe Territory borders the country of Rwanda to the east, across Lake Kivu. It borders the province of North Kivu in the north; and the territories of Shabunda in the west, Kabare in the south, and Idjwi also to the east.

Administrative divisions

Kalehe Territory is subdivided into two chiefdoms: Buloho and Buhavu.
In buhavu chiefdom which is located alongside lake Kivu,is the most populated of Kalehe.Its populations are "Bantu" and their common language is "Kihavu".The Buhavu is led by a clan called "Bahande".This clan is majorly for leaders of the chiefdom.
Here are how the Bahande clan occupied and led Kalehe.
In Ihusi south part of Kalehe :Location of the king Kamirogosa.
In Mbinga Nord, that is the north Mbinga groupement :Location of the natable Nyangezi Mugugu and the brother Chirimwami Nsibula.In nord of the territory especially Buzi,is the location of Sangara.All these are the same descendants belonging to theBahande ruling clan of Kalehe.
Note that Nyangezi Mugugu is the father of the journalist Elvis Elisha Nyangezi of the Bubandano Radio in Minova.Elvis is a young boy who grew with the spirit of leadership like his father.