Goma

Summary

Goma is a border city^[1]. Goma ranks in the top 3% of border_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (407 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Goma is located in North Kivu^[3].
• Goma is in the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo^[4].
• Goma's image is recorded as Goma, Lake Kivu, DRC (Zaire - Congo), Photo by Sascha Grabow.jpg^[5].
• Goma's image is recorded as Ville de Goma vue aérienne.png^[6].
• Goma's continent is recorded as Africa^[7].
• Goma's instance of is recorded as border city^[8].
• Goma's instance of is recorded as official city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo^[9].
• Goma's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Goma (commune)^[10].
• Goma's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Karisimbi^[11].
• Goma's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 125648804^[12].
• Goma's GND ID is recorded as 7653276-8^[13].
• Goma's postal code is recorded as 611^[14].
• Goma's Commons category is recorded as Goma^[15].
• Goma's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5327779^[16].
• Goma's located in time zone is recorded as Central Africa Time^[17].
• Goma's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -1.6794444444444445, 'lon': 29.23361111111111}^[18].
• Goma's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04hkny^[19].
• Goma's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Goma^[20].
• Goma's page banner is recorded as Goma Wikivoyage banner.jpg^[21].
• Goma's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 22c2ab2d-5392-41a4-825e-4cae36367b04^[22].
• Goma's population is recorded as {'amount': '+249862'}^[23].
• Goma's population is recorded as {'amount': '+781875'}^[24].
• Goma's capital of is recorded as North Kivu^[25].
• Goma's GeoNames ID is recorded as 216281^[26].
• Goma's BBC Things ID is recorded as cf2ade0a-b897-4bca-b0c3-8aff8bbd8fb7^[27].

Body

Geography

Goma is in the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo^[4]. Goma is located in North Kivu^[3]. Goma's continent is recorded as Africa^[7].

Physical Characteristics

Goma's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+75.2'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+249862'}^[23] and {'amount': '+781875'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include border city^[8] and official city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Goma include 2025 Goma offensive^[29], an offensive^[30], in Democratic Republic of the Congo^[31] and Goma International Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in Democratic Republic of the Congo^[34].

Why It Matters

Goma ranks in the top 3% of border_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (407 views/month).^[2] Goma has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Goma is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Goma include 2025 Goma offensive^[29], an offensive^[30], in Democratic Republic of the Congo^[31] and Goma International Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in Democratic Republic of the Congo^[34].