Bujumbura

Bujumbura
Central Bujumbura, wi Loch Tanganyika in the backgrund
Bujumbura
Coordinates: 3°23′S 29°22′E
Kintra	Burundi
Province	Bujumbura Mairie Province
Foondit	1871
Area
• 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	UTC+2 (CAT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (none)
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.