Kalungu is a town in Kalehe Territory, South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Located in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kalungu has known all sort of wars caused by armed groups in the DRC.
waged by Nkunda and Mutebutsi, destroyed Kalungu center[citation needed] and caused its people to flee to neighboring villages like Bwisha, Mpumbi, Makelele Nyamasasa, Ruhunde, and Nyakalende on the shores of Lake Kivu.
The main language spoken in Kalungu is Kihavu followed by Kiswahili and Kitembo as well as French.