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Bujumbura
Central Bujumbura, wi Loch Tanganyika in the backgrund
Central Bujumbura, wi Loch Tanganyika in the backgrund
Bujumbura is located in Burundi
Bujumbura
Bujumbura
Coordinates: 3°23′S 29°22′E / 3.383°S 29.367°E / -3.383; 29.367Coordinates: 3°23′S 29°22′E / 3.383°S 29.367°E / -3.383; 29.367
Kintra Burundi
ProvinceBujumbura Mairie Province
Foondit1871
Area
 • City86.52 km2 (33.41 sq mi)
Elevation
774 m (2,539 ft)
Population
 (2008 census)
 • City497,166
 • Density2720.6/km2 (7,046/sq mi)
 • Metro
800,000
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (none)
WebsiteOffeecial steid

Bujumbura (/ˌbʊdʒəmˈbʊrə/ or /ˌbʊˈdʒʊmbʊrə/;[1] French pronunciation: ​[byʒœ̃byʁa]), umwhile Usumbura, is the economic caipital,[2] lairgest city an main port o Burundi. It ships maist o the kintra's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton an tin ore. In late Dizember 2018, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza annooncit that he wad follae throu on a 2007 promise tae return Gitega its umwhile poleetical caipital status, wi Bujumbura remainin as economical caipital an center o commerce. A vote in the Pairlament o Burundi made the chynge offeecial on 16 Januar 2019, wi aw branches o govrenment expectit tae muive in ower three years.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ ""Top Burundi army officer and his wife gunned down in Bujumbura"". CGTN News. 25 Apryle 2016. Retrieved 1 Mairch 2019.
  2. ↑ "Burundi names Gitega as new capital". theeastafrican. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Burundi to change its capital city". BusinessGhana. 18 Januar 2019. Retrieved 10 Januar 2020.