Bujumbura Mairie Province

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Bujumbura Mairie Province
Burundi - Bujumbura Mairie.svg
Country Burundi
Province Bujumbura Mairie
Commune
Capital Bujumbura
Government
  MayorJimmy Hatungimana (CNDD-FDD)
Area
  Total
127 km2 (49 sq mi)
Population
 (2021 census)
  Total
1,225,142
  Density9,600/km2 (25,000/sq mi)

Bujumbura Mairie Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. It consists entirely of the city of Bujumbura, Burundi's economic capital.

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Location

Bujumbura Mairie Province is in the west of Burundi. It borders Lake Tanganyika to the west and is surrounded by Bujumbura Rural Province to the north, east and south. It is in the Imbo natural region apart from a small section of the east in the Mumirwa natural region. [1]

History

It was created by splitting Bujumbura Province into Bujumbura Mairie Province and Bujumbura Rural Province.

Administrative subdivisions

The city of Bujumbura is divided into three communes (as of 2014), [2] which are sub-divided into 13 neighborhoods (per Ministerial Order No. 530/1279 of 22 September 2005), [3] which are further sub-divided into quarters

References

  1. Atlas des quatre sites Ramsar.
  2. Bientôt la Mairie de Bujumbura composée de 3 communes | Bujumbura News
  3. "L'administration de la Municipalité de Bujumbura". Villedebujumbura.org (in French). Mairie de Bujumbura. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009.

Sources

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