Bujumbura Province

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Bujumbura is a province of Burundi. It was one of Burundi's nine original provinces when the country became independent in 1962. Sometime around 1969, the arrondissement of Mwisare was transferred from the province of Bubanza to Bujumbura. In 1991, Bujumbura was split into two provinces: Bujumbura Mairie, which contains the country's largest city, former capital, and current economic capital Bujumbura; and Bujumbura Rural. [1] In 2015, the communes of Bugarama and Muhuta in Bujumbura Rural Province were incorporated into the newly formed Rumonge Province. [2]

Following an administrative reform in 2023, [3] the number of provinces in Burundi was reduced from eighteen to five. [4] This change took effect after the legislative election of 2025, with Bujumbura Province being formed from the merger of the provinces of Bubanza, Bujumbura Mairie, Bujumbura Rural, Cibitoke, as well as the communes of Bugarama and Muhuta from Rumonge Province, and parts of the commune of Muramvya in the province of Muramvya, namely the zone of Ryarusera and the collines of Kirama, Kavya and Gatebe in the zone of Bugarama. [4] The province's governor as of 2025 is Aloys Ndayikengurukiye. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Law, Gwillim (27 November 2015). "Provinces of Burundi". Statoids. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Nkurunziza, Pierre (26 March 2015). "LOI No 1/10 DU 26 MARS 2015 PORTANT CREATION DE LA PROVINCE DU RUMONGE ET DELIMITATION DES PROVINCES DE BUJUMBURA, BURURI ET RUMONGE" (PDF). Presidential Cabinet, Republic of Burundi. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Ndayishimiye, Évariste (16 March 2023). "Loi Organique N° 1/05 du 16 Mars 2023 portant détermination et délimitation des provinces, des communes, des zones, des collines et/ou quartiers de la République du Burundi" (in French). CENI Burundi. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Projet de loi organique portant délimitation des provinces, des communes, des zones, des collines/quartiers de la République du Burundi" (PDF). Senate of Burundi . Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Manirakiza, Patrick (6 July 2025). "Burundi's new Governors sworn in following major provincial reforms - Burundi Times". Burundi Times. Retrieved 24 July 2025.

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