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Bururi is a city located in southern Burundi. It is the capital city of Bururi Province and has around 20,000 inhabitants in 2007.

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Bururi
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City
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Burundi
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bottom
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Location in the Burundi
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Country
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25px Burundi
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Province
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Bururi Province
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2012
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20764
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1836

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Official name
Bururi
Population
4478
Elevation
1836
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Futbol Burundi.jpg
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Kauhava
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Bururi
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Bururi
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Bururi is a city located in southern Burundi. It is the capital city of Bururi Province and has around 20,000 inhabitants in 2007.

==History== On 29 April 1972, a massacre took place here. Local Hutu gendarmes in Bururi drove out military and civil government control of the Tutsi military regime of Micombero. A republic was declared, and a week later suppressed by Burundian troops.

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