Bururi | |
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  Bururi Location in the Burundi | |
| Coordinates: 3°57′S29°37′E / 3.950°S 29.617°E | |
| Country |  Burundi |
| Province | Bururi Province |
| Elevation | 1,836 m (6,024 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 20,764 |
Bururi is a city located in southern Burundi. It is the capital city of Bururi Province and has around 20,000 inhabitants in 2007.
On 29 April 1972, a massacre took place here. [1] Local Hutu gendarmes in Bururi drove out military and civil government control of the Tutsi military regime of Micombero. A republic was declared, and a week later suppressed by Burundian troops.
Bujumbura Rural Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi. Former President of Burundi Cyprien Ntaryamira was born here.
Bururi Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. It was formerly Burundi's largest province until the communes of Burambi, Buyengero and Rumonge were transferred to the province of Rumonge when it was created in 2015.
Kayanza Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi. Its capital city is also called Kayanza centre.
Presidential elections were held in Burundi on 1 June 1993 following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum the previous year. They were the first multi-party elections for the presidency, the only previous elections in 1984 having been held at a time when the country was a one-party state. They were also only the second contested national elections held in the country since independence in 1962.
Ruzunga is a town in the Bururi Province of Burundi.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bujumbura is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bujumbura in Burundi.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bururi is a diocese located in the city of Bururi in the ecclesiastical province of Bujumbura in Burundi.
Mutambara is a city in southwest Burundi, in Bururi Province. It is situated on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, to the north of Nyanza Lac and southwest of Bururi.
Burundi is one of the poor African countries with heavy burden of both communicable, maternal, neonatal, nutritional, and non-communicable diseases. The burden of communicable diseases generally outweighs the burden of other diseases. Mothers and children are among those most vulnerable to this burden.
The commune of Bururi is a commune of Bururi Province in south-western Burundi. The capital lies at Bururi. In 2007, DGHER electrified one rural village in the commune.
The commune of Matana is a commune of Bururi Province in south-western Burundi. The capital lies at Matana.
The commune of Mugamba is a commune of Bururi Province in south-western Burundi. The capital lies at Mugamba.
The commune of Rutovu is a commune of Bururi Province in south-western Burundi. The capital lies at Rutovu.
The commune of Songa is a commune of Bururi Province in south-western Burundi. The capital lies at Songa.
The commune of Vyanda is a commune of Bururi Province in south-western Burundi. The capital lies at Vyanda. It contains the Vyanda Forest Nature Reserve.
Buta is a small town in the Commune of Bururi in Bururi Province in southern Burundi. It is located 106 km by road southeast of Bujumbura and 11.3 km by R.N.16 and R.N.17 southeast of Bururi. A ten-minute drive from Bururi. Kruger writes wrongly that Buta is an important garrison town. During the civil war, there were a few kids in national service who were stationed there, to offer some protection to the seminary. On April 30, 1997, 44 Hutu and Tutsi seminarians were slaughtered at the minor seminary in Buta, most of whom were "Catholics of African origin: 8 from Rwanda, 6 from Congo, and 1 from Nigeria as well as the 4 from Burundi.".
Kiremba is a small town in the Commune of Bururi in Bururi Province in southern Burundi. By road it is located 7 kilometres southeast of Bururi and 4.3 kilometres northwest of Buta. On April 30, 1997, the same day as the massacre at nearby Buta, the FDD killed Hutu and two Tutsi people in Kiremba, burning the local hospital and raping two women before killing them. In 2004, the people were tested for epilepsy. Kiremba has a Swedish Protestant School, although it is said to be more Anglican in its teachings.
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 1976 Burundian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup that took place in Burundi on 1 November 1976. An Army faction, led by Deputy Chief of Staff Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, ousted President Michel Micombero. Bagaza formed the 30-member Supreme Revolutionary Council to take control, suspended the country's constitution and was inaugurated as president on 10 November 1976.
The 2018 Coupe du Président de la République is the 7th edition of the Coupe du Président de la République, the knockout football competition of Burundi.
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