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Commune of Vumbi

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The Commune of Vumbi is a commune of Kirundo Province in northern Burundi.[1]

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Location

The Commune of Vumbi has an area of 205.8 square kilometres (79.5 sq mi) and had a population of 77,656 as of the 2008 census.[2]

Administrative divisions

The capital lies at Vumbi.

Vumbi is divided into 36 collines, from north to south:[3]

  • Kabirizi
  • Canika
  • Kiziba
  • Nyamisagara
  • Rwamikore
  • Kirima
  • Muramba
  • Gahe
  • Nyabihanga
  • Gatare
  • Martyazo
  • Gasura
  • Muyebe
  • Kigobe
  • Cendajuru
  • Bwinyana
  • Burarana
  • Nyamivuma
  • Ryangema
  • Gashingwa
  • Nyamyumba
  • Nyagatovu
  • Kabuye-Gitanga
  • Vumbi
  • Mutoyi
  • Rugeri
  • Rwisuri
  • Nyakibanda
  • Rwimanzovu
  • Nyabikenke
  • Kavumu
  • Butsimba
  • Kiraro
  • Mbasi
  • Kabuye-Shororo
  • Gikomero

About 1500 Rwandan refugees were in Vumbi commune during the genocide.[4]

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