Mutwenzi is a village of the
Commune of Kirundo
The Commune of Kirundo is a commune of Kirundo Province in northern Burundi.
Location
The Commune of Kirundo has an area of and had a population of 93,110 as of the 2008 census.
Environment
The Rwihinda Lake Nature Reserve is in Kirundo commun ...
, in the
Kirundo Province
Kirundo Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi, in north of the country bordering Rwanda.
The economy is mostly based on agriculture, with a dispersed population and few sizable communities.
Before 1970 large parts of the province we ...
of Burundi.
Location
Mutwenzi is in
Kirundo Commune
The Commune of Kirundo is a commune of Kirundo Province in northern Burundi.
Location
The Commune of Kirundo has an area of and had a population of 93,110 as of the 2008 census.
Environment
The Rwihinda Lake Nature Reserve is in Kirundo commun ...
, just southwest of south end of
Lake Rwihinda. It is northwest of
Kirundo City.
The Camp militaire de Mutwenzi is to the south of the village.
The
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
is Aw: Tropical savanna, wet.
Novitiate
The Frères de Notre-Dame de Miséricorde, an order of Catholic monks. has been active in Burundi since 1961.
From 1980 to 1985 they organized a novitiate in Mutwenzi-Kirundo.
From 1982 the brothers helped disabled people at the Center for the Handicapped or I.M.P. (Institut Médico Pédagogique) in Mutwenzi-Gitega.
In 2021–2022 the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gitega
The Archdiocese of Gitega the Metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan Episcopal See, See for the ecclesiastical province of Gitega in Burundi.
History
* 12 December 1912: Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu formed from parts of the Apostolic Vicariate of Uny ...
nominated Frère Charles Baravuga as chaplain at the Mutwenzi noviciate.
Military base
In March 2016 the second in command of the Mutwenzi camp was ambushed by criminals armed with illegal guns. They shot and killed his bodyguard and injured a policeman who came to help.
Stany Misago, administrator of Kirundo Commune, said this sort of incident shows that civilians still have weapons, despite the efforts of the disarmament commission.
In March 2020 it was reported that paramilitary training had started, with 62
Imbonerakure from all parts of the commune gathered on a football field near the military camp.
They were taken to a bush area near Lake Rwihinda where they would stay for 24 days while being trained.
23 rifles were provided by the prosecutor of Kirundo Province.
The new provincial head of Intelligence, the police commissioner and the head of the military camp were all present when the trainees gathered.
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{{Kirundo Province
Populated places in Kirundo Province