Rumonge Province is one of the eighteen

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. It was created on 26 March 2015 by combining the communes of Burambi, Buyengero and Rumonge, previously part of

Bururi Province Bururi Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi, provinces of Burundi. It was formerly Burundi's largest province until the communes of Commune of Burambi, Burambi, Commune of Buyengero, Buyengero and Commune of Rumonge, Rumonge were t ...

, with the Bugarama and Muhuta communes previously belonging to

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Geography

The capital is at

Rumonge Rumonge is the capital of Rumonge Province, Burundi, and is located on the shores of Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika ( ; ) is an African Great Lakes, African Great Lake. It is the world's List of lakes by volume, second-largest freshwater lake ...

, on the shores of

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. The Rumonge Nature Reserve, a semi-deciduous forest, and Kigwena Nature Reserve, a lowland tropical forest, are located in the province.

Government

The province's first governor, Juvénal Bigirimana, was sworn in on 17 April 2015. In June 2015 it elected four deputies to Burundi's

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, and in July it chose its first two senators,

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and

Tharcisse Rutomo Tharcisse is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: * Tharcisse Gashaka (born 1962), Burundian athlete *Tharcisse Karugarama Tharcisse Karugarama is a Rwandan lawyer and politician. A lawyer/attorney by profession, Karugarama ...

Communes

Rumonge Province administers the following communes: *

Commune of Bugarama Bugarama is a commune of Rumonge Province in Burundi. The seat lies at Bugarama. 2020 attack Between August 23 and 24, 2020, militants from RED-Tabara attacked the city of Bugarama, Burundi, resulting in the death of eleven civilians and fi ...

Commune of Burambi Burambi is a commune of Rumonge Province in southwestern 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 re ...

Commune of Buyengero Buyengero is a commune of Rumonge Province in southwestern 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 ...

Commune of Muhuta Muhuta is a commune of Rumonge Province in Burundi. In December 2023 heavy rains in the commune of Muhuta flooded hundreds of hectares of crop fields, causing landslides. A woman and her two children died when they were swept away by the Nyamus ...

Commune of Rumonge Rumonge is a commune of Rumonge Province in southwestern Burundi. Its headquarters are at Rumonge Rumonge is the capital of Rumonge Province, Burundi, and is located on the shores of Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika ( ; ) is an African Grea ...

References

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