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Commune of Vumbi
Commune in Kirundo Province, Burundi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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