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Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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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
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led thousands of residents of Sake to flee in August 2006. On 25 November 2006, fifteen to twenty thousands fled battles between Nkunda forces and the DRC army in an offensive waged by the former in the area of Sake. The fighting
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lake of less than 1 square km. The adjacent bay, which is about 40 km 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.
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of the mid-1990s and Goma residents fleeing the 2002 eruption of
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Place in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Sake is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
1°34′26.79″S 29°2′28.78″E / 1.5741083°S 29.0413278°E / -1.5741083; 29.0413278
Democratic Republic of the Congo
North Kivu
Territory
Masisi Territory
Time zone
UTC+2
CAT
Climate
Aw
National language
Swahili
Democratic Republic of the Congo
North Kivu
Lake Kivu
Goma
National Road No. 2
lava
Western Rift Valley
escarpment
volcanoes
Nyamuragira
Nyiragongo
volcanic cones
fissures
Rwandans
Great Lakes refugee crisis
Mount Nyiragongo

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