Commune of Rusaka

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Commune of Rusaka
Commune
Commune of Rusaka
Country Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
Province Mwaro Province
Administrative center Mwaro
Time zone UTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

The commune of Rusaka is a commune of Mwaro Province in central Burundi. [1] The capital lies at Mwaro (Rusaka).In recent years forest development in this agricultural commune has resulted in arid soils in some parts. [2] In June 2003, FDD combatants killed three civilians and burned local government buildings and a cooperative in the commune. [3]

Rusaka commune has 29 collines : Rusaka , Ndava , Gisozi , Munanira , Nyakimonyi , Vyuya , Gataka , Buburu , Kiganda , Mabaya , Gitaramuka , Mashunzi , Musumba , Mirango , Gitanga , Gasibe , Bitezi , Musivya , Kibimba , Nyamiyaga , Kiyange , Nkoma , Nkurunzi , Rusaka , Kiyege , Mwaro , Mahonda

Ndava colline has 8 villages : Ndava , Musongati , Shombo , Murambi , Kizi , Gatare , Kirika , Saswe

References

  1. ↑ United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1982). Sub-Saharan Africa report. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Mannion, Antoinette M. (7 January 1999). Natural Environmental Change: The Last 3 Million Years. Routledge. p. 150. ISBN   978-0-415-13932-8 . Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Human Rights Watch (Organization); Alison Liebhafsky Des Forges (2003). Burundi: Everyday Victims : Civilians in the Burundian War. Human Rights Watch. p. 33. GGKEY:BQ9PFATBWBA. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

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