Bujumbura Mairie Province

Bujumbura Mairie Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. It consists entirely of the city of Bujumbura, Burundi's former capital.

Bujumbura Mairie Province
Province
Country	Burundi
Capital	Bujumbura
Area
• Total	127 km2 (49 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)
• Total	1,225,142
• Density	9,600/km2 (25,000/sq mi)

Location

Bujumbura Mairie Province is in the west of Burundi. It borders Lake Tanganyika to the west and is surrounded by Bujumbura Rural Province to the north, east and south. It is in the Imbo natural region apart from a small section of the east in the Mumirwa natural region.^[1]

History

It was created by splitting Bujumbura Province into Bujumbura Mairie Province and Bujumbura Rural Province.

Administrative subdivisions

The city of Bujumbura is divided into three communes (as of 2014),^[2] which are sub-divided into 13 neighborhoods (per Ministerial Order No. 530/1279 of 22 September 2005),^[3] which are further sub-divided into quarters

• Commune of Muha
  • Kanyosha
    • Quarters: Gisyo-Nyabaranda, Musama, Nyabugete, Kizingwe-Bihara, Nkega-Busoro, Ruziba, Kajiji
  • Kinindo
    • Quarters: Kibenga, Kinanira I, Kinanira II, Kinanira III, Kinindo, Zeimet-OUA
  • Musaga [sv]
    • Quarters: Gasekebuye-Gikoto, Gitaramuka, Kamesa, Kinanira I, Kinanira II
• Commune of Mukaza
  • Buyenzi
    • Quarters: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
  • Bwiza [fr]
    • Quarters: Bwiza I, Bwiza II, Bwiza III, Bwiza IV, Kwijabe I, Kwijabe II, Kwijabe III
  • Nyakabiga [fr]
    • Quarters: Kigwati, Nyakabiga I, Nyakabiga II, Nyakabiga III
  • Rohero [sv]
    • Quarters: Centre Ville, Rohero I - Gatoke, Kabondo, Mutanga-Sud - Sororezo, Asiatique, I.N.S.S, Rohero II, Kiriri-Vugizo
• Commune of Ntahangwa
  • Buterere
    • Quarters: Buterere I, Buterere II A, Buterere II B, Kabusa, Kiyange, Maramvya, Mubone, Mugaruro, Kiyange
  • Cibitoke [it]
    • Quarters: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
  • Gihosha
    • Quarters: Gasenyi, Gihosha, Gikungu, Kigobe, Mutanga-Nord, Muyaga, Nyabagere, Taba, Winterekwa
  • Kamenge [fr]
    • Quarters: Gikizi, Gituro, Heha, Kavumu, Mirango I, Mirango II, Songa, Teza, Twinyoni
  • Kigobe
    • Quarters: Kigobe Nord, Kigobe Sud
  • Kinama
    • Quarters: Bubanza, Buhinyuza, Bukirasazi I, Bukirasazi II, Bururi, Carama, Gitega, Kanga, Muramvya, Muyinga, Ngozi, Ruyigi, SOCARTI.
  • Ngagara [sv]
    • Quarters: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, Industriel

References

1. Atlas des quatre sites Ramsar.
2. Bientôt la Mairie de Bujumbura composée de 3 communes | Bujumbura News
3. "L'administration de la Municipalité de Bujumbura". Villedebujumbura.org (in French). Mairie de Bujumbura. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009.

Sources

• Atlas des quatre sites Ramsar: Localisation et Resources (PDF) (in French), Ministry of Water, Environment and Urbanism, October 2014, retrieved 2024-06-22

External links

• Map of Bujumbura in 2009, showing 13 communes

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