Bururi is a city located in southern
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Gr ...
. It is the capital city of
Bururi Province and has around 20.000 inhabitants in 2007.
History
On 29 April 1972, a massacre took place here.
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 later suppressed by Burundian troops.
References
Populated places in Bururi Province
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