Mount Nyiragongo: Quick Facts

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Dense green banana plants fill the foreground with rolling hills behind, and Mount Nyiragongo partly obscured by clouds in the background near Gisenyi, Rwanda.

Map of Africa highlighting the location of Mount Nyiragongo in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The map labels surrounding countries and major bodies of water, with Mount Nyiragongo marked in orange text. An inset in the bottom left shows the continent with the highlighted area's position.

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