Bujumbura
Bujumbura | |
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![]() Central Bujumbura, wi Loch Tanganyika in the backgrund | |
Coordinates: 3°23′S 29°22′E / 3.383°S 29.367°ECoordinates: 3°23′S 29°22′E / 3.383°S 29.367°E | |
Kintra |
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Province | Bujumbura Mairie Province |
Foondit | 1871 |
Aurie | |
• City | 86.52 km2 (33.41 sq mi) |
Elevation | 774 m (2,539 ft) |
Population (2008 census) | |
• Ceety | 497,166 |
• Density | 2,720.6/km2 (7,046/sq mi) |
• Metro | 800,000 |
Time zone | CAT (UTC+2) |
• Simmer (DST) | none (UTC+2) |
Wabsteid | Offeecial steid |
Bujumbura (pronounced /ˌbuːdʒəmˈbʊərə/ (deprecatit template); French pronunciation: [buʒumbuʁa]) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Burundi. It's an aa the main port an ships maist o the kintra's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton, skins, an tin ore. It is locatit on the northeastren shore o Loch Tanganyika.
The ceety centre is a colonial toun wi a lairge market, the naitional stadium, a lairge mosque, ad the cathedral for the Archdiocese o Bujumbura. Museums in the ceety include the Burundi Museum o Life an the Burundi Geological Museum. Ither nearby attractions include the Rusizi Naitional Park, the Livingstone-Stanley Monument at Mugere (whaur David Livingstone an Henry Morton Stanley visitit 14 days efter their first historic meetin at Ujiji in Tanzanie), the presidential palace an the soorce o the soothrenmaist tributary o the Nile, described locally as the soorce o the Nile.
Ferries sail frae Bujumbura tae Kigoma in Tanzanie, while the ceety is an aa hame tae the Bujumbura Internaitional Airport an the University o Burundi.
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