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Commune of Vumbi

Coordinates: 2°42′34″S 30°06′36″E / 2.70944°S 30.11000°E / -2.70944; 30.11000
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Commune of Vumbi
Commune of Vumbi is located in Burundi
Commune of Vumbi
Commune of Vumbi
Coordinates: 2°42′34″S 30°06′36″E / 2.70944°S 30.11000°E / -2.70944; 30.11000
Country Burundi
ProvinceKirundo Province
Administrative centerVumbi
Time zoneUTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

The Commune of Vumbi is a commune of Kirundo Province in northern Burundi.[1]

Location

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The Commune of Vumbi has an area of 205.8 square kilometres (79.5 sq mi) and had a population of 77,656 as of the 2008 census.[2]

Administrative divisions

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The capital lies at Vumbi.

Vumbi is divided into 36 collines, from north to south:[3]

  • Kabirizi
  • Canika
  • Kiziba
  • Nyamisagara
  • Rwamikore
  • Kirima
  • Muramba
  • Gahe
  • Nyabihanga
  • Gatare
  • Martyazo
  • Gasura
  • Muyebe
  • Kigobe
  • Cendajuru
  • Bwinyana
  • Burarana
  • Nyamivuma
  • Ryangema
  • Gashingwa
  • Nyamyumba
  • Nyagatovu
  • Kabuye-Gitanga
  • Vumbi
  • Mutoyi
  • Rugeri
  • Rwisuri
  • Nyakibanda
  • Rwimanzovu
  • Nyabikenke
  • Kavumu
  • Butsimba
  • Kiraro
  • Mbasi
  • Kabuye-Shororo
  • Gikomero

About 1500 Rwandan refugees were in Vumbi commune during the genocide.[4]

References

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Sources

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  • "BURUNDI: Administrative Division", City Population, retrieved 2024-06-10
  • "Burundi / Kirundo / Vumbi", GADM, retrieved 2024-06-12
  • C.P. Chacko, ed. (2005). African chronicle: a fortnightly record on governance, economy, development, human rights, and environment. Published by C.P. Chacko on behalf of Asian News Chroniclers. p. 1809. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  • United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1982). Sub-Saharan Africa report. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Retrieved 20 April 2012.