Sange is a village located in the Kigoma groupement (grouping), within the Bafuliiru Chiefdom of Uvira Territory in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The northwest basin of Lake Tanganyika, which encompasses Uvira Territory, is characterized by outcrops of very ancient (Precambrian) and very recent (Quaternary) rocks.

[11][12][13] The tank truck, carrying 59,000 liters of gasoline from Tanzania, overturned on a narrow and dangerous road that crossed the center of Sange, 60 miles south of the city of Bukavu.

Some lost their lives while attempting to collect leaking fuel, while most of the deaths occurred among those who were indoors watching the FIFA World Cup match.

[21] The sale of agricultural products and basic necessities from Uvira, Bukavu, Burundi, Tanzania and Zambia constitutes the commercial circuit of the population in Sange and its environs.