Cibitoke is a city located in northwestern

Burundi Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million peop ...

, near the border of

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. It is the capital of the

Cibitoke Province Cibitoke Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi, Republic of Burundi. Location Cibitoke Province is in the northwest of Burundi. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is to the west and Rwanda is to the north. Bubanza Province is to the so ...

. The city is the birthplace of Olympic judoka

Odette Ntahonvukiye Odette Ntahomvukiye (born 14 July 1994 in Cibitoke, Burundi) is a Burundian judoka. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an interna ...

. Cibotoke Province is governed by a community administrator. It is further divided into 6 communes: # Buganda # Bukinanyana # Murwi # Rugombo # Mugina # Mabayi

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Cities in Burundi Cibitoke Province {{Burundi-geo-stub