Gitega

Gitega (umwhile Kitega) is the caipital o Burundi. Locatit in the centre o the kintra, in the Burundian central plateau^[2] roughly 62 kilometre (39 mi) southeast o Bujumbura (the umwhile caipital an lairgest ceety), Gitega (the seicont lairgest ceety^[3]) wis the seat o the Kinrick o Burundi till its abolition in 1966.^{[4][note 1]} In late Dizember 2018, Burundian preses Pierre Nkurunziza annooncit that he wad follae on a 2007 promise tae return Gitega its umwhile poleetical caipital status,^[4] with Bujumbura remaining as economic capital and centre of commerce.^[5] 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 year.^[6]

Gitega
Caipital ceety
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Coordinates: 3°26′S 29°54′E
Kintra	Burundi
Province	Gitega Province
Area
• Caipital ceety	22 km2 (8 sq mi)
• Urban	22 km2 (8 sq mi)
• Metro	27 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation	1504 m (4,934 ft)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Caipital ceety	135,467
• Density	5454/km2 (14,130/sq mi)

Notes

1. Frae 1922 on, Usumbura (nou Bujumbura) actit as a seicont, colonial, admeenistrative an economic caipital o the kintra; it effectively became its anerly poleetical caipital atween the abolition o the monarchy in 1966 an Januar 2019.