Commune of Vumbi

Commune of Vumbi
Commune
Commune of Vumbi
Coordinates: 2°42′34″S 30°06′36″E / 2.70944°S 30.11000°E / -2.70944; 30.11000
Country	Burundi
Province	Kirundo Province
Administrative center	Vumbi
Time zone	UTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

The Commune of Vumbi is a commune of Kirundo Province in northern Burundi.^[1]

Location

The Commune of Vumbi has an area of 205.8 square kilometres (79.5 sq mi) and had a population of 77,656 as of the 2008 census.^[2]

Administrative divisions

The capital lies at Vumbi.

Vumbi is divided into 36 collines, from north to south:^[3]

• Kabirizi
• Canika
• Kiziba
• Nyamisagara
• Rwamikore
• Kirima
• Muramba
• Gahe
• Nyabihanga
• Gatare
• Martyazo
• Gasura
• Muyebe
• Kigobe
• Cendajuru
• Bwinyana
• Burarana
• Nyamivuma
• Ryangema
• Gashingwa
• Nyamyumba
• Nyagatovu
• Kabuye-Gitanga
• Vumbi
• Mutoyi
• Rugeri
• Rwisuri
• Nyakibanda
• Rwimanzovu
• Nyabikenke
• Kavumu
• Butsimba
• Kiraro
• Mbasi
• Kabuye-Shororo
• Gikomero

About 1500 Rwandan refugees were in Vumbi commune during the genocide.^[4]

References

1. Sub-Saharan Africa report FBIS.
2. BURUNDI: Administrative Division.
3. Burundi / Kirundo / Vumbi GADM.
4. C.P. Chacko 2005.

Sources

• "BURUNDI: Administrative Division", City Population, retrieved 2024-06-10
• "Burundi / Kirundo / Vumbi", GADM, retrieved 2024-06-12
• C.P. Chacko, ed. (2005). African chronicle: a fortnightly record on governance, economy, development, human rights, and environment. Published by C.P. Chacko on behalf of Asian News Chroniclers. p. 1809. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
• United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1982). Sub-Saharan Africa report. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Retrieved 20 April 2012.