The Politics of Burundi takes place in a framework of a transitional presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Burundi is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament, the Senate and the National Assembly.
Bujumbura Mairie Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. It consists entirely of the city of Bujumbura, Burundi's former capital.
Gitega, formerly Kitega, is the political capital of Burundi. Located in the centre of the country, in the Burundian central plateau roughly 62 kilometres (39 mi) east of Bujumbura, the largest city and former political capital, Gitega is also the second largest city and former royal capital of the Kingdom of Burundi until its abolition in 1966. In late December 2018, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow on a 2007 promise to return Gitega its former political capital status, with Bujumbura remaining as economic capital and centre of commerce. A vote in the Parliament of Burundi made the change official on 16 January 2019, with all branches of government expected to move in over three years.
Karuzi Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi.
Mass killings of Tutsis were conducted by the majority-Hutu populace in Burundi from 21 October to December 1993, under an eruption of ethnic animosity and riots following the assassination of Burundian President Melchior Ndadaye in an attempted coup d'état. The massacres took place in all provinces apart from Makamba and Bururi, and were primarily undertaken by Hutu peasants. At many points throughout, Tutsis took vengeance and initiated massacres in response.
The provinces of Burundi are subdivided into 119 communes. The communes are further subdivided into collines.
Islam is a minority religion in Burundi where approximately 90 percent of the national population are followers of Christianity. Between 2–5 percent of the population identifies as Muslim, according to a 2010 estimate by the United States Department of State. The same year, the Pew Research Centre estimated that there were 230,000 Muslims in Burundi, equivalent to 2.8 percent of Burundi's 8.4 million inhabitants.
The Archdiocese of Gitega the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Gitega in Burundi.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Burundi:
Burundi is a unitary state which is sub-divided at three levels: provinces, communes, and collines (hills).
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FinBank Burundi, also known as Finbank, is a commercial bank in Burundi, licensed by the Bank of the Republic of Burundi, the central bank and national banking regulator. The bank, established in 2002, was between 2008 and 2014 a subsidiary and a component of the Access Bank Group.
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.
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 Markets in Bujumbura include the main public markets in the city of Bujumbura, Burundi, and various smaller public or private markets. Several thousand traders work in these markets, typically renting a very small stall and selling a limited range of goods. A well-meaning program to renovate seven of the markets, funded by the European Union, caused major costs and distruption to the traders in 2016–2018. Traders have also to deal with decisions by the city government to reallocate different types of business to different markets.
The Bujumbura Central Market was a public market in the center of Bujumbura, Burundi. It burned down in January 2013, and the site was abandoned.
The COTEBU Market, or Ngagara II Market, is a public market in the Ngagara zone of the Commune of Ntahangwa, Bujumbura, Burundi.
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