Bururi Province
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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
. Bururi Province is home to the Bururi Forest Nature Reserve
, a remnant afro-montane tropical forest, as well as the Rumonge Nature Reserve
, a semi-deciduous forest, and Kigwena Nature Reserve, a lowland tropical forest.
Bururi is famous for the number of military and political leaders to have been born there, including 3 consecutive presidents following the country's independence.
Burundi is the southernmost source of the river Nile.
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...
. It is also the largest. It includes the city of 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...
, the provincial capital, and the city of 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....
which sits on the shores of Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, and the second deepest, after Lake Baikal in Siberia; it is also the world's longest freshwater lake...
. Bururi Province is home to the Bururi Forest Nature Reserve
Bururi Forest Nature Reserve
Bururi Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in southwestern Burundi . Created in 1951, it is in IUCN Management Category IV....
, a remnant afro-montane tropical forest, as well as the Rumonge Nature Reserve
Rumonge Nature Reserve
The Rumonge Nature Reserve is found in Burundi. It was established in 1980.This site is 50km²....
, a semi-deciduous forest, and Kigwena Nature Reserve, a lowland tropical forest.
Bururi is famous for the number of military and political leaders to have been born there, including 3 consecutive presidents following the country's independence.
Burundi is the southernmost source of the river Nile.