Rumonge
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| Coordinates | 3 ° 58 ′ S , 29 ° 26 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Burundi | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | BI-RM | ||
| height | 809 m | ||
| Residents | 35,931 (2008) | ||
Rumonge is a city in the south of the central African state Burundi and is located on the east bank of Lake Tanganyika . Since March 26, 2015, it has been the capital of the newly founded province of Rumonge . In 2008 it had 35,931 inhabitants. 109,143 people lived in the district of the same name ( Commune ). The main source of income in the Rumonge district is fishing, in which 45% of the population work (as of 2005).
There is a hospital built in 1994 and several health centers.
A nearby attraction is a species-rich jungle on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kigwena ( Réserve naturelle forestière de Kigwena , approx. 15 km south of Rumonge). The forest, which has been protected since 1952, has shrunk from 2000 ha in 1952 to 500 ha in 2000.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annuaire Statistique du Burundi 2011 , p. 23 www.isteebu.bi
- ↑ Monographie de la Commune Rumonge, Bururi 2006, p. 31 PDF leburundi.net ( Memento of the original of August 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
