Provinces of Burundi

Burundi is divided into eighteen provinces, each named after their respective capital with the exception of Bujumbura Rural.

Burundi's provinces and communes were created on Christmas Day in 1959 by a Belgian colonial decree. They replaced the pre-existing system of chieftains.^[1]

In 2000, the province encompassing Bujumbura was separated into two provinces, Bujumbura Rural and Bujumbura Mairie.^[2] The newest province, Rumonge, was created on 26 March 2015 from portions of Bujumbura Rural and Bururi.^[3]

In July 2022, the government of Burundi announced a complete overhaul of the country's territorial subdivisions. The proposed change would reduce the amounts of provinces from 18 to 5, and reduce the amount of communes from 119 to 42. The change were approved by both the National Assembly and the Senate and will take effect in 2025 with the new parliamentary elections.^[1]^[4]


Province	Capital	Area (km²) ^[5]	Population (2008 census)^[6]	Density (per km²)	Communes
Eastern Burundi
Cankuzo	Cankuzo	1,964.54	228,873	116.5	5
Gitega	Gitega	1,978.96	725,223	366.5	11
Rutana	Rutana	1,959.45	333,510	170.2	6
Ruyigi	Ruyigi	2,338.88	400,530	171.2	7
Northern Burundi
Karuzi	Karuzi	1,457.40	436,443	299.5	7
Kayanza	Kayanza	1,233.24	585,412	474.7	9
Kirundo	Kirundo	1,703.34	628,256	368.8	7
Muyinga	Muyinga	1,836.26	632,409	344.4	7
Ngozi	Ngozi	1,473.86	660,717	448.3	9
Southern Burundi
Bururi	Bururi	1,644.68	313,102	190.4	6
Makamba	Makamba	1,959.60	430,899	219.9	6
Rumonge	Rumonge	1,079.72	352,026	326.0	5
Western Burundi
Bubanza	Bubanza	1,089.04	338,023	310.4	5
Bujumbura Mairie	Bujumbura	86.52	497,166	5746.3	13
Bujumbura Rural	Isale^[7]	1,059.84	464,818	438.6	9
Cibitoke	Cibitoke	1,635.53	460,435	281.5	6
Muramvya	Muramvya	695.52	292,589	420.7	5
Mwaro	Mwaro	839.60	273,143	325.3	6

References

^ ^a ^b bdiagnews (2022-07-14). "Burundi : Proposition - 5 provinces au lieu de 18 et 42 communes au lieu de 119". Nouvelles du Burundi - Africa Generation News. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
^ Eggers, p. xlix.
^ Nkurunziza, Pierre (26 March 2015). "LOI N^o 1/10 DU 26 MARS 2015 PORTANT CREATION DE LA PROVINCE DU RUMONGE ET DELIMITATION DES PROVINCES DE BUJUMBURA, BURURI ET RUMONGE" (PDF). Presidential Cabinet, Republic of Burundi. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
^ "Why Burundi will only have 5 provinces instead of 18?". RegionWeek. 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
^ "Burundi: administrative units, extended". GeoHive. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
^ Law, Gwillim. "Provinces of Burundi". Statoids. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
^ Nkurunziza, Pierre (26 March 2015). "LOI N^o 1/10 DU 26 MARS 2015 PORTANT CREATION DE LA PROVINCE DU RUMONGE ET DELIMITATION DES PROVINCES DE BUJUMBURA, BURURI ET RUMONGE" (PDF). Presidential Cabinet, Republic of Burundi. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

[:2-1] ws (2022-07-14). "Burundi : Proposition - 5 provinces au lieu de 18 et 42 communes au lieu de 119". Nouvelles du Burundi - Africa Generation News. Retrieved 2022-07-29.

[xlix-2] Eggers, p. xlix.

[rumong2-3] Nkurunziza, Pierre (26 March 2015). "LOI N^o 1/10 DU 26 MARS 2015 PORTANT CREATION DE LA PROVINCE DU RUMONGE ET DELIMITATION DES PROVINCES DE BUJUMBURA, BURURI ET RUMONGE" (PDF). Presidential Cabinet, Republic of Burundi. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

[4] "Why Burundi will only have 5 provinces instead of 18?". RegionWeek. 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-06-19.

[5] "Burundi: administrative units, extended". GeoHive. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

[statoids-6] Law, Gwillim. "Provinces of Burundi". Statoids. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

[law2015-7] Nkurunziza, Pierre (26 March 2015). "LOI N^o 1/10 DU 26 MARS 2015 PORTANT CREATION DE LA PROVINCE DU RUMONGE ET DELIMITATION DES PROVINCES DE BUJUMBURA, BURURI ET RUMONGE" (PDF). Presidential Cabinet, Republic of Burundi. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

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