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Bubanza Province | |
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Country | Burundi |
Capital | Bubanza |
Area | |
• Total | 1,089.04 km2 (420.48 sq mi) |
Population (2008 census) [1] | |
• Total | 338,023 |
• Density | 310/km2 (800/sq mi) |
Bubanza is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi.
Bubanza is in the northeast of Burundi, bordering the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the east. Cibitoke Province is to the north, Kayanza Province and Muramvya Province to the west and Bujumbura Rural Province to the south. The west of the province is in the Imbo natural region, the center in the Mumirwa natural region and parts of the east in the Mugamba natural region. [2]
Bubanza is divided administratively into 5 communes:
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Gihanga is a commune of Bubanza Province in north-western Burundi. The capital lies at Gihanga city. The provincial capital is located in Bubanza.
Mpanda, Gihanga is a village in the Commune of Gihanga in Bubanza Province in northwestern Burundi.
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Mpanda may refer to the following places:
The Natural regions of Burundi are geographical subdivisions of Burundi that date to colonial times. They can be broadly grouped into the Plain zone in the west beside Lake Tanganyika and the East African Rift valley, the Zaire-Nile ridge, the Central Plateaus and the Depressions to the north, east and south of the plateaus.