Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sake | |
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UTC+2 (CAT) | |
| Climate | Aw |
| National language | Swahili |
Sake is a town in the
Western Rift Valley, at an elevation of about 1500 m. The western escarpment
of the rift valley rises to 800 m above Sake.
The lava comes from the
Nyiragongo, 25 km northwest, and numerous smaller volcanic cones which are fed by fissures
from these volcanoes. A number of cones can be seen in satellite photographs 7–8 km east of Sake. They also show that lava flows in recent years have covered parts of the road to Goma (National Road No. 2) and have reached the lake, cutting off the bay in which Sake is located, to form a small lake of less than 1 square km. The adjacent bay, which is about 40 km2 in size, has almost been cut off by the lava and only a 160 m wide channel remains to connect it to the main body of Lake Kivu.
Sake has hosted
2006 presidential run-off. The fighting appear to have dissipated the following morning.[3]
Sake has also been home to the UN Force Intervention Brigade since July 2013.
Notes and references
- ^ a b DR Congo: Volcano - IRIN: 23-Jan-02 Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, IRIN via cidi.org, 23 January 2006
- ^ Thousands flee clash between Congo army and rebels, Reuters, 5 August 2006
- ^ "Thousands flee rebel attack in eastern Congo" Archived 31 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Reuters, 25 November 2006