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Rumonge

Rumonge is the capital city of Rumonge Province, Burundi, and a port on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. It is a significant transit point on the lake for trade into Burundi and other parts of East Africa.

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Settlement.official_name: Rumonge
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: Rumonge beach
Settlement.pushpin_map: Burundi
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Burundi
Settlement.pushpin_relief: y
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Burundi
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Rumonge Province
Settlement.population_as_of: 2008
Settlement.population_total: 35,931
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title: Religions

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Rumonge
Population: 35931
Elevation: 790
Image: Admirez la Beauté de la Réserve Forestière de Nkayamba et Ses Environs Paisibles.jpg

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Commons category: Rumonge
native label: Rumonge

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History
Demographics
Hospital
Transportation
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Many of the city's residents were displaced by flooding in 2024, and 2025 attacks by the militant March 23 Movement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo disrupted trade to Rumonge.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo