Nyanza Lac
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Nyanza Lac is a city in southern Burundi
, in Makamba Province
. It is located on the shores of Lake Tanganyika
, to the south of Mutambara
and close to the border with Tanzania
.
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...
, in Makamba Province
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,...
. It is located 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...
, to the south of Mutambara
Mutambara, Burundi
Mutambara is a city in southwest Burundi, in Bururi Province. It is sited on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, to the north of Nyanza Lac and southwest of Bururi.-References:...
and close to the border with Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
.