Burunga
Sign in to saveBurunga is the largest of Burundi's five provinces by area. It covers an area of and recorded a population of 2,118,551 in the 2024 Burundian census. The province's capital is Makamba, while Rumonge is its largest town, reporting a population of 35,931 in the 2008 Burundian census.
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- Official name
- Burunga
- Area
- 6205.5
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- Burunga Province
- native label
- Burundi
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Burunga is the largest of Burundi's five provinces by area. It covers an area of and recorded a population of 2,118,551 in the 2024 Burundian census. The province's capital is Makamba, while Rumonge is its largest town, reporting a population of 35,931 in the 2008 Burundian census.
==Geography== thumb|One of the cascades at Karera waterfalls|Karera Falls. Located in southern Burundi, Burunga borders Lake Tanganyika to the west, the Burundian provinces of Bujumbura, Gitega and Buhumuza to the northwest, north and northeast respectively, and Tanzania's Kigoma Region to the east and south. The Kibimbi and Inanzerwe massifs on the Bututsi plateau in the centre of the province divide the Imbo plain along Lake Tanganyika and Mumirwa foothills from the Moso and Buragane lowlands to the east.
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