Bujumbura
former capital of Burundi
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Summary
Bujumbura is a city[1]. Bujumbura ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,030 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bujumbura Mairie[3]
- Country: Burundi[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Lake Tanganyika[5]
- Instance of: big city[6]
- Official language: Kirundi[7], French[8], English[9]
- Shares border with: Bujumbura Rural Province[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Hefei[11]
- Part of: Burundi[12]
- Commons category: Bujumbura[13]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[14]
- Local dialing code: 2220[15], 2221[16], 2222[17], 2223[18], 2224[19], 2225[20]
- Inception: 1871[21], 1897[22]
- Official website: http://www.mairiebujumbura.gov.bi[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bujumbura[24]
- Population: 658,859[25], 497,166[26]
- Time of earliest written record: 1889[27]
- Capital of: Bujumbura Mairie[28], Ruanda-Urundi[29], Usumbura District[30]
- Official name: Bujumbura[31]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bujumbura[32]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Bujumbura[33]
- Demonym: Bujumburais[34], Bujumburaise[35], Buĵumburano[36], Bujumburiene[37], Bujumburien[38]
- Native label: Bujumbura[39]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Bujumbura[40]
- Elevation above sea level: 774 m[41]
- Area: 86.54 km²[42]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Bujumbura include Bujumbura International Airport[43], an international airport[44], in Burundi[45] and Bujumbura Rural Province[46], a province of Burundi[47], in Burundi[48], founded in 1991[49].
Why It Matters
Bujumbura has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Bujumbura is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for Bujumbura include Bujumbura International Airport[43], an international airport[44], in Burundi[45] and Bujumbura Rural Province[46], a province of Burundi[47], in Burundi[48], founded in 1991[49].