Ntega | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Ntega | |
| Coordinates: 2°36′31″S29°59′40″E / 2.6085°S 29.9945°E | |
| Country | Burundi |
| Province | Kirundo |
| Commune | Commune of Ntega |
Ntega is a large village, the seat of the Commune of Ntega, Kirundo Province in the north of Burundi.
Ntega | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Ntega | |
| Coordinates: 2°36′31″S29°59′40″E / 2.6085°S 29.9945°E | |
| Country | Burundi |
| Province | Kirundo |
| Commune | Commune of Ntega |
Ntega is a large village, the seat of the Commune of Ntega, Kirundo Province in the north of Burundi.
Ntega is at the west end of the RP64 road, which connects at its east end to the RN14 highway, leading north to the city of Kirundo. A road leads south to Marangara and another road leads north to Lake Narungazi and Mugendo. [1] The Köppen climate classification is Aw: Tropical savanna, wet. [2]
In 2015 the RP64 Rurata–Ntega road was being rehabilitated by Paiosa, a Belgian Technical Cooperation program. [3] In November 2021 Cyriaque Nshimirimana, Second Deputy-Speaker of the Senate of Burundi, who represented the Kirundo constituency, met leaders of the province in the Ntega. His audience included heads of provincial and municipal services, colline chiefs, leaders of the Sangwe cooperatives and religious leaders. Concerns raised by the audience included the need to repair the Rurata–Ntega road. [4]
Kirundo Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi, in north of the country bordering Rwanda. The economy is mostly based on agriculture, with a dispersed population and few sizable communities. Before 1970 large parts of the province were forested. Migrants from the south then cleared much of the vegetation to create agricultural land, and Kirundo became the breadbasket of Burundi. The civil war from 1993 to 2005 caused agricultural output to drop by more than half. Sice then, lack of farm inputs, poor infrastructure and shortages of water have caused widespread poverty.
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The Commune of Kirundo is a commune of Kirundo Province in northern Burundi.
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Lake Narungazi, or Lake Narugazi, Lake Narunganzi, is a lake in the Commune of Ntega in Kirundo Province of Burundi.
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