Kabare Territory is the home region of the Shi people.It is the capital of Bushi Kingdom, located in the South Kivu Province, Eastern Congo.

[citation needed] Kabare Territory was the central part of the former Bushi Kingdom between the Mitumba Mountains and Lake Kivu.

[3] Kabare Territory is located in the far eastern Congo on the western shores of Lake Kivu.

[4] Kabare Territory borders the country of Rwanda to the east, across Lake Kivu.

It borders the territories of Kalehe in the north; Shabunda in the west, Walungu in the south, and Idjwi (an island in the middle of the Lake Kivu) also to the east.