Communes of Burundi
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Provinces of Burundi
||Burundi is divided into seventeen provinces, each named after their respective capital.-See also:*Communes of Burundi*Collines of Burundi*Geography of Burundi*List of Burundian provinces by area*List of Burundian provinces by population...

 of Burundi
Burundi
Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...

 are subdivided into 117 communes. The communes are further subdivided into collines
Collines of Burundi
The Communes of Burundi are divided into 2,639 collines. Colline means "hill" in French, one of the two official languages of the country. The collines are listed below, by commune:-Bisoro:* Buburu* Buhabwa* Gitaramuka* Kanka* Kariba* Kiganda* Kirika...

. The communes are listed below, by province:

Bubanza
Bubanza Province
-Communes:It is divided administratively into 5 communes:* Commune of Bubanza * Commune of Gihanga * Commune of Musigati * Commune of Mpanda * Commune of Rugazi...

 

  • Commune of Bubanza
    Commune of Bubanza
    Bubanza is a commune of Bubanza Province in north-western Burundi. The capital lies at Bubanza city.-Towns and villages: Bubanza Bihembe Butega Buvyuko Cabire Kabwitika Karonge Kuwintaba Mitakataka Nyabugoye Nyarusagare...

  • Commune of Gihanga
    Commune of Gihanga
    Gihanga is a commune of Bubanza Province in north-western Burundi. The capital lies at Gihanga city.-Towns and villages: Gihanga Buramata Gihungwe Kagwena Mpanda Mukindu Murira Muyange Ninga Nyeshanga Rushakashaka...

  • Commune of Musigati
    Commune of Musigati
    Musigati is a commune of Bubanza Province in north-western Burundi. The capital lies at Musigati city....

  • Commune of Mpanda
    Commune of Mpanda
    Mpanda is a commune of Bubanza Province in north-western Burundi. The capital lies at Mpanda city....

  • Commune of Rugazi
    Commune of Rugazi
    Rugazi is a commune of Bubanza Province in north-western Burundi....


Bujumbura Mairie 

  • Bujumbura Mairie
  • Buterere
  • Buyenzi
  • Bwiza
  • Gihosha
  • Ngagara
  • Kinindo
  • Nyakabiga
  • Musaga
  • Kanyosha
  • Kamenge
  • Kinama
  • Rohero

Bujumbura Rural
Bujumbura Rural Province
Bujumbura Rural is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. Former President of Burundi Cyprien Ntaryamira was born here.Bujumbura Rural Province is made up of the following communes: Mugongo-Manga, Isale, Mutimbuzi, Kanyosha, Kabezi, Muhuta, Nyabiraba, Mukike, and Mubimbi.The province surrounds the...

 

  • Bugarama
    Bugarama
    -Location:Bugarama is located in Western Province, Rusizi District, close to the borders with Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its location is about , by road, southwest of Kigali, Rwanda's capital and largest city....

  • Isale
  • Kabezi
  • Kanyosha
  • Mubimbi
  • Mugongomanga
  • Muhuta
  • Mukike
  • Mutambu
  • Mutimbuzi
  • Nyabiraba


Bururi
Bururi Province
Bururi is one of the seventeen provinces of Burundi. It is also the largest. It includes the city of Bururi, the provincial capital, and the city of Rumonge which sits on the shores of Lake Tanganyika...

 

  • Burambi
  • Bururi
    Bururi
    Bururi is a city located in southern Burundi. It is the capital city of Bururi Province and has around 20.000 inhabitants in 2007.In 1972, 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...

  • Buyengero
  • Matana
  • Mugamba
    Mugamba
    The Rugo of Mugamba Commune is located in the Bururi Province of Burundi.-Site description:Historic populations in this area have created shelters to protect themselves from the relatively low temperatures and high precipitation of this area...

  • Rumonge
    Rumonge
    Rumonge is a city in Bururi Province, Burundi, by Lake Tanganyika. It had a big Arab presence before Burundi's independece in 1962....

  • Rutovu
  • Songa
  • Vyanda


Cankuzo
Cankuzo Province
Cankuzo is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. Located in the eastern part of the country, the province covers an area of 1,965 km². The provincial capital is Cankuzo.-Communes:...

 

  • Cankuzo
    Cankuzo
    Cankuzo is a city located in eastern Burundi. It is the capital city of Cankuzo Province....

  • Cendajuru
  • Gisagara
    Gisagara
    Gisagara is a district in Southern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Save.- Geography :The district lies just to the north of Butare city, on the road towards Kigali.- Sectors :...

  • Kigamba
  • Mishiha


Cibitoke
Cibitoke Province
Cibitoke is one of the 17 provinces of Republic of Burundi....

 

  • Buganda
  • Bukinanyana
  • Mabayi
  • Mugina
  • Murwi
  • Rugombo


Gitega
Gitega Province
Gitega is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. Its capital is Gitega. It has a population of about 675,000 and an area of 1,979 km²....

 

  • Bugendana
  • Bukirasazi
  • Buraza
  • Giheta
  • Gishubi
  • Gitega
    Gitega
    Gitega is the second largest city in Burundi, lying east of Bujumbura. It is the capital of Gitega Province, one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. It is the home of the Burundi National Museum and the Archdiocese of Gitega...

  • Itaba
  • Makebuko
  • Mutaho
  • Nyanrusange
  • Ryansoro


Karuzi
Karuzi Province
Karuzi is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi....

 

  • Bugenyuzi
  • Buhiga
  • Gihogazi
  • Gitaramuka
  • Mutumba
  • Nyabikere
  • Shombo


Kayanza
Kayanza Province
Kayanza is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. Its capital city is also called Kayanza....

 

  • Butaganzwa
  • Gahombo
  • Gatara
  • Kabarore
    Kabarore
    -Location:Kabarore is located in Gatsibo District, Eastern Province, at the western edge of Akagera National Park, about , west of the International border with the Republic of Tanzania. Its location lies about , by road, north of Kayonza, on the Kayonza-Nyagatare Road...

  • Kayanza
    Kayanza
    Kayanza is a city located in northern Burundi. It is the capital city of Kayanza Province. The city is known for its tea production....

  • Matongo
  • Muhanga
    Muhanga
    Muhanga is a district in Southern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Gitarama, one of Rwanda's largest cities, gateway to the west and south of the country and seat of the provisional government during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.- Geography :...

  • Muruta
  • Rango


Kirundo
Kirundo Province
Kirundo is one of the seventeen provinces of Burundi with seven communes . Kirundo has three big lakes: Cohoha, Rweru, and Rwihinda. Lakes Cohoha and Rweru are located in commune Busone, and Lake Rwihinda is in commune Kirundo...

 

  • Bugabira
  • Busoni
  • Bwambarangwe
  • Gitobe
  • Kirundo
    Kirundo
    Kirundo is a city located in northern Burundi. It is the capital city of Kirundo Province....

  • Ntega
  • Vumbi


Makamba
Makamba Province
Makamba is the southernmost province of Burundi. The province has a population of 357,492 and covers an area of 1,960 km². The provincial capital is Makamba.makamba has six communes. Many refugees have returned from Tanzania to this province, especially to the communes of Kayogoro, Nyanza lac,...

 

  • Kayogoro
  • Kibago
  • Mabanda
    Mabanda
    Mabanda is a city located close to the southern tip of Burundi, near the border with Tanzania.-References:Fitzpatrick, M., Parkinson, T., & Ray, N. East Africa. Footscray, VIC: Lonely Planet....

  • Makamba
    Makamba
    Makamba is a city located in southern Burundi. It is the capital city of Makamba Province....

  • Nyanza-Lac
  • Vugizo


Muramvya
Muramvya Province
Muramvya is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. The capital is Muramvya.It is also known as "Iwabo W'Imana". It has a unique cultural landscape .- Culture :...

 

  • Bukeye
  • Kiganda
  • Mbuye
  • Muramvya
    Muramvya
    Muramvya is a city located in central Burundi. It is the capital city of Muramvya Province....

  • Rutegama


Muyinga
Muyinga Province
Muyinga is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi....

 

  • Buhinyuza
  • Butihinda
  • Gashoho
  • Gasorwe
  • Giteranyi
  • Muyinga
    Muyinga
    Muyinga is a city located in northern Burundi. It is the capital city of Muyinga Province. It lies at an altitude of 1731 m and has a population of 48,997....

  • Mwakiro


Mwaro
Mwaro Province
Mwaro is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. Its capital is Mwaro.Mwaro one of two provinces that were created in 2002 as a result of splitting the Muramvya province; the other province retained the name of Muramvya....

 

  • Bisoro
    Bisoro
    Bisoro Balue is a small village in Cameroon.There is another village called Bisoro in Burundi.-Location:Bisoro is located in the Rumpi Hills of the Ekondo-Titi subdivision in the Ndian departement of Cameroon's Southwest Region. It is situated 37 km southeast of the Bakassi Peninsula in the...

  • Gisozi
    Gisozi
    Gisozi is a city in central Burundi. It is located to the southeast of the Burundian capital, Bujumbura, and southwest of Gitega.-References:Fitzpatrick, M., Parkinson, T., & Ray, N. East Africa. Footscray, VIC: Lonely Planet....

  • Kayokwe
  • Ndava
    Ndava
    Ndava is a village in the Commune of Musigati in Bubanza Province in north western Burundi.-External links:*...

  • Nyabihanga
  • Rusaka


Ngozi
Ngozi Province
Ngozi is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi.The name Ngozi stands for blessing....

 

  • Busiga
  • Gashikanwa
  • Kiremba
  • Marangara
  • Mwumba
  • Ngozi
    Ngozi, Burundi
    Ngozi is a city located in northern Burundi. It is the capital city of Ngozi Province....

  • Nyamurenza
  • Ruhororo
  • Tangara


Rutana
Rutana Province
Rutana is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi.The communes of Rutana are:* Bukemba* Giharo* Gitanga* Mpinga-Kavoye* Musongati* Rutana...

 

  • Bukemba
  • Giharo
  • Gitanga
  • Mpinga-Kavoye
  • Musongati
    Musongati
    Musongati is a town in southwestern Burundi. It is near the border with Tanzania though separated therefrom by lofty hills....

  • Rutana
    Rutana
    Rutana is a town in southern Burundi. It lies west of Mount Kikizi, one of the highest mountains in the nation. The Kagera Falls lie near the town. It is the capital of Rutana Province, one of the 17 provinces of Burundi....



Ruyigi
Ruyigi Province
Ruyigi is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi....

 

  • Butaganzwa
  • Butezi
  • Bweru
  • Gisuru
    Gisuru
    Gisuru is a city in eastern Burundi. It is located close to the border with Tanzania, to the northeast of Kinyinya and southwest of Cankuzo.-References:Fitzpatrick, M., Parkinson, T., & Ray, N. East Africa. Footscray, VIC: Lonely Planet....

  • Kinyinya
    Kinyinya
    Kinyinya is a city in eastern Burundi, close to the border with Tanzania. It is located southwest of Gisuru and northeast of Mount Kikizi.-References:Fitzpatrick, M., Parkinson, T., & Ray, N. East Africa. Footscray, VIC: Lonely Planet....

  • Nyabitsinda
  • Ruyigi
    Ruyigi
    Ruyigi is a city located in eastern Burundi. It is the capital city of Ruyigi Province....



See also

  • Provinces of Burundi
    Provinces of Burundi
    ||Burundi is divided into seventeen provinces, each named after their respective capital.-See also:*Communes of Burundi*Collines of Burundi*Geography of Burundi*List of Burundian provinces by area*List of Burundian provinces by population...

  • Collines of Burundi
    Collines of Burundi
    The Communes of Burundi are divided into 2,639 collines. Colline means "hill" in French, one of the two official languages of the country. The collines are listed below, by commune:-Bisoro:* Buburu* Buhabwa* Gitaramuka* Kanka* Kariba* Kiganda* Kirika...

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