1°41′36″S 29°13′31″E / 1.6933°S 29.2252°E / -1.6933; 29.2252Goma is a commune located in the city of Goma, within North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[1] Covering an area of 33,245 square kilometers, it forms the southernmost part of the city while also including sections of its eastern and western regions.

[3] Goma is bordered by Lake Kivu to the south, the Republic of Rwanda to the east, Karisimbi commune to the north, and Masisi Territory to the west.

[3] Administratively, it is divided into seven neighborhoods—Mikeno, Mapendo, Les Volcans, Katindo, Keshero, Himbi, and Lac-Vert—which are further subdivided into 24 cells and 125 avenues.

[5] In accordance with the law, both the city and commune are recognized as decentralized administrative entities vested with legal personality, while neighborhoods within them function as "administrative entities without representation or legal personality" (Article II, Ordinance Law No.