Bujumbura

Bujumbura
Climate diagram
	Temperature in ° C , precipitation in mm
	Source: wetterkontor.de

Bujumbura
Coordinates	3 ° 23 ′ S , 29 ° 22 ′ E Coordinates: 3 ° 23 ′ S , 29 ° 22 ′ E
Basic data
Country	Burundi
province	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

Business district

Regina Mundi Cathedral

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

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Bujumbura

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	28.5	28.5	28.4	28.2	28.6	28.7	28.8	30.0	30.8	30.1	28.3	28.1	O	28.9
Min. Temperature (° C)	19.1	19.1	19.1	19.3	19.1	18.0	17.3	18.3	19.1	19.5	19.0	19.1	O	18.8

Precipitation ( mm )	88	98	111	131	55	7th	3	13	32	67	90	112	Σ	807

Hours of sunshine ( h / d )	5.4	5.6	5.7	5.5	6.8	8.5	8.8	8.1	7.1	6.1	5.0	5.3	O	6.5

Rainy days ( d )	10	8th	10	11	6th	1	0	1	6th	9	13	11	Σ	86

Humidity ( % )	77	75	78	79	76	67	63	60	62	68	76	77	O	71.5