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Commune Of Vumbi
The Commune of Vumbi is a commune of Kirundo Province in northern Burundi.

Location

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.

Administrative divisions

The capital lies at Vumbi.

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

  • 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.

References

  1. ^ Sub-Saharan Africa report FBIS.
  2. ^ BURUNDI: Administrative Division.
  3. ^ Burundi / Kirundo / Vumbi GADM.
  4. ^ C.P. Chacko 2005.

Sources

  • "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.


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