Bugarama is a
commune of
Rumonge Province
Rumonge Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi, provinces of Burundi. It was created on 26 March 2015 by combining the communes of Burambi, Buyengero and Rumonge, previously part of Bururi Province, with the Bugarama and Muhuta commu ...
in
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 ...
. The seat lies at
Bugarama.
2020 attack
Between August 23 and 24, 2020, militants from
RED-Tabara attacked the city of
Bugarama,
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 ...
, resulting in the death of eleven civilians and five militants. Several RED-Tabara militants, including the commander of the Bugarama attack, were arrested in Rwanda on September 29. They claimed that the Bugarama attack was against Burundian forces and
Imbonerakure.
Flooding
In December 2023 heavy rains flooded hundreds of hectares of crop fields and caused landslides in the communes of Bugarama and
Muhuta.
See also
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Communes of Burundi
The Provinces of Burundi, provinces of Burundi are subdivided into 119 commune (subnational entity), communes. The communes are further subdivided into Collines of Burundi, collines.
Burundi’s provinces and communes were created on Christmas ...
References
Sources
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Communes of Burundi
Rumonge Province