Provinces of Burundi

Burundi is divided into eighteen provinces, each named after their respective capital with the exception of Bujumbura Rural. The newest province, Rumonge, was created on 26 March 2015 from five communes previously belonging to the provinces of Bujumbura Rural and Bururi.^[1]


Province	Capital	Area (km²) ^[2]	Population (2008 census)^[3]	Density (per km²)	Communes

Cankuzo	Cankuzo	1,964.54	228,873	116.5	5
Gitega	Gitega	1,978.96	725,223	366.5	11
Rutana	Rutana	1,959.45	333,510	170.2	6
Ruyigi	Ruyigi	2,338.88	400,530	171.2	7

Karuzi	Karuzi	1,457.40	436,443	299.5	7
Kayanza	Kayanza	1,233.24	585,412	474.7	9
Kirundo	Kirundo	1,703.34	628,256	368.8	7
Muyinga	Muyinga	1,836.26	632,409	344.4	7
Ngozi	Ngozi	1,473.86	660,717	448.3	9

Bururi	Bururi	1,644.68	313,102	190.4	6
Makamba	Makamba	1,959.60	430,899	219.9	6
Rumonge	Rumonge	1,079.72	352,026	326.0	5

Bubanza	Bubanza	1,089.04	338,023	310.4	5
Bujumbura Mairie	Bujumbura	86.52	497,166	5746.3	13
Bujumbura Rural		1,059.84	464,818	438.6	9
Cibitoke	Cibitoke	1,635.53	460,435	281.5	6
Muramvya	Muramvya	695.52	292,589	420.7	5
Mwaro	Mwaro	839.60	273,143	325.3	6

References[]

^ Nkurunziza, Pierre (26 March 2015). "LOI N^o 1/10 DU 26 MARS 2015 PORTANT CREATION DE LA PROVINCE DU RUMONGE ET DELIMITATION DES PROVINCES DE BUJUMBURA, BURURI ET RUMONGE" (PDF). Presidential Cabinet, Republic of Burundi. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
^ "Burundi: administrative units, extended". GeoHive. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
^ Law, Gwillim. "Provinces of Burundi". Statoids. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

[rumong-1] Nkurunziza, Pierre (26 March 2015). "LOI N^o 1/10 DU 26 MARS 2015 PORTANT CREATION DE LA PROVINCE DU RUMONGE ET DELIMITATION DES PROVINCES DE BUJUMBURA, BURURI ET RUMONGE" (PDF). Presidential Cabinet, Republic of Burundi. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

[2] "Burundi: administrative units, extended". GeoHive. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

[statoids-3] Law, Gwillim. "Provinces of Burundi". Statoids. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

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Provinces of Burundi

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