Rubona, also Rubona Peninsula, is a neighborhood to the south of the city of
Gisenyi in
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
.
Location
The neighborhood is on the
Lake Kivu lake-shore, about , south of the
central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
of
Gisenyi,
Rubavu District
Rubavu District is one of the seven districts of the country district (''akarere'') in Western Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Gisenyi, It has a large beach resort and border city. It has a total surface area of 388.3 Km2.
Geography
The distri ...
, in the
Western Province of Rwanda.
The coordinates of Rubona are:01°43'42.0"S, 29°15'22.0"E (Latitude:-1.728333; Longitude:29.256111).
Overview
The steep hills in Rubona are populated by small homesteads with surrounding gardens. The lake shore is rocky, in most areas, with occasional sandy spots and places suitable for swimming. It attracts many visitors on weekends. Rubona is also the location of natural hot springs, which are used for boiling potatoes and are reported to cure a variety of ailments.
The frontiers of the
Congo Free State
''(Work and Progress)
, national_anthem = Vers l'avenir
, capital = Vivi Boma
, currency = Congo Free State franc
, religion = Catholicism (''de facto'')
, leader1 = Leopo ...
were defined by the Neutrality Act during the 1885
Berlin Conference, in which the European powers staked out their territorial claims in Africa.
This placed all of Lake Kivu in the Free State.
In June 1909
John Methuen Coote
John Methuen Coote (13 March 1878 – 4 October 1967) was a British colonial administrator who served in the East Africa Protectorate.
He is known for a stand-off with the Belgians over the location of the border between the Belgian Congo and the B ...
started the
Kivu frontier incident
The Kivu frontier incident was a 1909–1910 stand-off between Belgian, British and German forces in the region around Lake Kivu, now divided between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Ruanda.
War was averted through diplomatic nego ...
when he travelled southwest from the British colony of Uganda and established fortified camps at
Burungu
Burungu is a settlement in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Location
Burungu is in the Masisi Territory of North Kivu, to the southwest of Kitchanga.
It is on the RP1030 road from Kitchanga south to Lake Kivu.
...
and Rubona (Lubuna).
British troops under Coote withdrew from the Rubona post on 29 June 1909, and the Belgians occupied the post.
After a series of incidents the boundaries of the Congo, Uganda and Rwanda were settled in May 1910, with Rubona assigned to the German colony of Rwanda.
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Western Province, Rwanda
Populated places in Rwanda
Populated places on Lake Kivu
Cities in the Great Rift Valley