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The first result of this paper classifies the real hypersurfaces of complex hyperbolic space \({\mathbb C}H^m(-4)\), \(m\geq 3\), with constant holomorphic sectional curvature. Secondly, real hypersurfaces are discussed from the viewpoint of their type number (a function assigning to each point \(p\) of the hypersurface the rank \(t(p)\) of the shape operator in \(p\)). When \(t(p)\) is small, various foliations are detected on the hypersurface. Among the results, the authors prove: If \(t(p)\leq 2\), then the hypersurface is ruled (i.e., the canonically induced almost contact structure has integrable almost contact distribution). The proofs rely on \textit{M. Kimura}'s results [Math. Ann. 276, 487-497 (1987; Zbl 0605.53023)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0867.00024].