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    The Virunga Mountains (also known as Mufumbiro) are a chain of volcanoes in East Africa, in the area where Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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  • Virunga may refer to: Virunga Mountains, a chain of volcanoes in East Africa Virunga National Park, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Virunga...
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    IUCN as of 2018[update]. There are two populations: One is found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central/East Africa, within three National Parks:...
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  • Virunga is a 2014 British documentary film directed by Orlando von Einsiedel. It focuses on the conservation work of park rangers within the Congo's Virunga...
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    Virunga National Park is a national park in the Albertine Rift Valley in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1925...
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  • The Virunga Foundation is a non-governmental organisation working in the field of nature conservation. Registered in London and funded by the European...
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    deeply saddened by death of Virunga park protectors (WWF article) "Statement from Virunga National Park on recent attack". Virunga National Park. 10 January...
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  • Basketball Club Virunga, also known as simply Virunga, is a Congolese basketball team based in Goma, North Kivu. The team is named after the Virunga National...
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    recent years, it is possible to arrange a tourist visa for visiting the Virunga National Park (on the Eastern Border) through the park itself. Citizens...
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  • formed a new band, the Orchestra Virunga, in 1981. The band is named after Virunga volcano located in Congo. Orchestra Virunga released their first album,...
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    The Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion of the Rwenzori Mountains and Virunga Mountains in central Africa...
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    Edicions, 2009. ISBN 978-84-96553-77-4 "BioLib - Syncerus caffer matthewsi (Virunga Buffalo)". biolib.cz. Hughes, Kristen; Fosgate, Geoffrey T.; Budke, Christine...
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  • Virunga Volcano is an album by the Congolese musician Samba Mapangala, released in 1990. He is credited with his band, Orchestre Virunga. The album was...
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    Noirs, DC Virunga and AS Kabasha. The stadium was rehabilitated and reopened on May 6, 2018, with a match between AS Kabasha and DC Virunga. On September...
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    Rutanzige (formerly Lake Edward) and the Virunga Mountains between Lake Rutanzige and Lake Kivu. The Virungas form a barrier between the Nile Basin to...
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  • Daring Club Virunga is a Congolese football club based in Goma, North Kivu province and currently playing in the Linafoot Ligue 2, the second level of...
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    is bordered by some of the highest mountains in Africa, including the Virunga Mountains, Mitumba Mountains, and Ruwenzori Range. It contains the Rift...
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    Mount Nyiragongo (category Virunga Mountains)
    elevation of 3,470 m (11,385 ft) in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Albertine Rift. It is located inside Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic...
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  • by photographer Alan Root, who helped her obtain work permits for the Virunga Mountains, Fossey began her field study at Kabara, in the Congo in early...
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    Private trips are cheaper in the DRC than in neighbouring Rwanda or Uganda. Virunga National Park is the first national park in Africa, established in 1925...
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  • indicating previous human occupation. Ishango is a sub-station of the Virunga National Park, covering more than 13% of the North-Kivu province with about...
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    projects undertaken by the Virunga Alliance. These include a hydroelectric plant, (Virunga Energies), a chocolate factory (Virunga Origins Chocolate) and...
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    Emmanuel de Merode (category Virunga National Park)
    1970) is a conservationist and anthropologist. He has been the director of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 2008...
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    subspecies of the blue monkey. It is an Old World monkey found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa, including four national parks: Mgahinga...
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    mountain gorilla inhabits the Albertine Rift montane cloud forests of the Virunga Volcanoes, ranging in altitude from 2,200 to 4,300 metres (7,200 to 14...
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    Einsiedel became known for his award winning film Virunga, produced with the cooperation of Virunga National Park director Prince de Merode. Von Einsiedel...
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  • The Virunga landscape is an area of volcanic highlands around the point where Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo meet. Virunga is...
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    averaged 0.53 animals per square kilometre. In 2008, it was recorded in Virunga National Park. There is also evidence that okapis were also observed in...
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    Volcanoes National Park (category Virunga Mountains)
    the eight volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains, namely Karisimbi, Bisoke, Muhabura, Gahinga and Sabyinyo. It borders Virunga National Park in the Democratic...
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    situated along the Democratic Republic of the Congo border next to the Virunga National Park and on the edge of the Albertine Rift. Composed of 321 km2...
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