Bujumbura
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Coordinates | 3 ° 23 ′ S , 29 ° 22 ′ E | |
Basic data | ||
Country | Burundi | |
Bujumbura Mairie | ||
ISO 3166-2 | BI-BM | |
height | 780 m | |
surface | 87 km² | |
Residents | 497,166 (Census 2008) | |
Metropolitan area | 1,038,857 (2009) | |
density | 5,714.6 Ew. / km² | |
Website | www.mairiebujumbura.gov.bi | |
Bujumbura (until 1962 Usumbura ) is the largest city and the administrative and economic center of the East African state of Burundi . It is located at the northern end of Lake Tanganyika . From Burundi's independence in 1962 to December 2018, it was the capital of the country.
The city has an area of 87 square kilometers. For 2009 the number of inhabitants for the agglomeration is calculated at 1,038,857, in 1999 it was 755,994 according to the census. In 1990 the population density was 456 inhabitants per km².
history
Bujumbura emerged from a small village after it had become a military post in 1889 under the name Marienheim in what was then German East Africa . As the base of the protection force for German East Africa , the place was called Usumbura and was the location of the 9th company of the protection force . After the First World War it became the administrative center of the Belgian League of Nations - mandate over Rwanda-Urundi .
The city was of Usumbura in Bujumbura renamed as the Kingdom of Burundi became independent 1,962th On December 22, 2018, Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza moved the capital from Bujumbura to the much smaller Gitega , which is centrally located in the country. In doing so, he kept an election promise made in 2007. The cabinet meetings have been held there since then, and the first five ministries relocated there in January 2019. The rest should follow in the course of 2019.
Since independence, Bujumbura has been the scene of numerous battles between the country's two largest ethnic groups, with the Hutu militia fighting the Tutsi- dominated army of Burundi.
Economy and Infrastructure
Among other things, cement , textiles and soap are produced. Bujumbura is Burundi's largest (inland) port and ships a large part of the country's export products via Lake Tanganyika: coffee , cotton , hides and tin ore .
Bujumbura International Airport is 11 kilometers northwest of the city. There is a ferry connection across Lake Tanganyika to Kalemie in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . A main road leads to the Rwandan capital Kigali .
The University of Burundi was opened in Bujumbura in 1960.
religion
About 60% of Burundi's residents are Catholic . 1959 was by Pope John XXIII. the diocese of Usumbura was established. It was founded in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. raised to the Archdiocese of Bujumbura . Episcopal church is the Regina Mundi Cathedral .
Bujumbura is also the seat of a diocese of the Anglican Church .
climate
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Bujumbura
Source: wetterkontor.de
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Bujumbura has a tropical climate that is warm all year round. Temperatures rarely drop below 15 ° C.
The maximum precipitation is in April, while the minimum is in July.
sons and daughters of the town
- Saido Berahino (* 1993), English football player of Burundian origin
- Gaël Bigirimana (* 1993), Anglo-Burundian football player
- Beni Bertrand Binobagira (* 1989), swimmer
- Gaël Faye (* 1982), French writer and singer
- Philippe Gautier (* 1960), Belgian lawyer
- Costas Kondylis (1940–2018), American architect
- Pierre Kwizera (* 1991), football player
- Sada Nahimana (* 2001), tennis player
- Janvier Ndikumana (* 1982), soccer goalkeeper
- Vladimir Niyonkuru (* 1983), football goalkeeper
- Willy Ngumbi Ngengele (* 1965), Catholic Bishop of Goma (Congo)
- Pierre Nkurunziza (1963–2020), President of Burundi
- Shabani Nonda (* 1977), Congolese soccer player
- Lydia Nsekera (* 1967), sports official
- Saïdi Ntibazonkiza (* 1987), football player
- Diane Nukuri (born 1984), track and field athlete
- Faty Papy (1990-2019), football player
- Nyamko Sabuni (* 1969), Swedish politician
- Mohammed Tchité (* 1984), football player
Web links
- University of Burundi
- The ARD correspondent Shafagh Laghai and her team traveled to Burundi via Rwanda and spent four days in the capital. - DLF, 2016
Individual evidence
- ^ Government declares small town the new capital , Die Zeit , December 22, 2018.
- ↑ Burundi is getting a new capital , DW.com, December 22, 2018.
- ↑ Burundi names Gitega as new capital , The EastAfrican , December 22, 2018
- ^ World Gazetteer: Bujumbura - profile of geographical entity including name variants. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 8, 2008 ; accessed on August 23, 2009 .
- ↑ Burundi's political capital now is Gitega , Emirates Business, December 24, 2018.
- ↑ Burundi Moves Political Capital From Bujumbura to Gitega , Bloomberg News , December 24, 2018.