Bujumbura Rural Province | |
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| Country |  Burundi |
| Capital | Isale |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,319.12 km2 (509.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 730,000 |
| • Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Bujumbura Rural Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. Former President Cyprien Ntaryamira was born here. It surrounds the former national capital Bujumbura and its provincial capital is Isale. [2]
Bujumbura Rural Province is in the east of Burundi, to the east and north of Lake Tanganyika. In the northeast it borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To the north it borders Bubanza Province, to east it borders Muramvya Province and Mwaro Province, and to the south it borders Bururi Province. It encloses Bujumbura Mairie Province around the northwest corner of Lake Tanganyika. In the west it is in the Imbo natural region. The center is in the Mumirwa natural region and the east in the Mugamba natural region. [3]
Bujumbura Rural Province administers nine communes: [2]
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Bubanza is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi.
Bujumbura Mairie Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. It consists entirely of the city of Bujumbura, Burundi's former capital.
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Muramvya Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi. The capital city is Muramvya. In 2007 the province was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.
Muyinga Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi.
Mwaro Province is one of the 19 provinces of Burundi. Its capital is Mwaro.
Ngozi Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi.
Ruyigi Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi.
Gitega is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi. Its capital is Gitega, which is also the national capital. It has a population of 725,223 as of 2008 and an area of 1,979 square kilometres (764 sq mi).
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Rumonge Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. It was created on 26 March 2015 by combining the communes of Burambi, Buyengero and Rumonge, previously part of Bururi Province, with the Bugarama and Muhuta communes previously belonging to Bujumbura Rural Province.
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 Congo-Nile ridge, the Central Plateaus and the Depressions to the north, east and south of the plateaus.
The Mugamba natural region is a natural region of Burundi. It extends along the ridge that divides the Congo watershed from the Nile watershed, and contains the highest peaks in the country.
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