City Details: Bujumbura
A few alternate names for Bujumbura are: BJM, Boujoumboura, Budzumbura, Bujumbura, Bujumburo, Bujumbúra, Buj·umbura, Buyumbura, Buzhumbura, Buzumbura
Bujumbura, formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's political capital. In late December 2018, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow through on a 2007 promise to return Gitega its former political capital status, with Bujumbura remaining as economical capital and center of commerce. A vote in the Parliament of Burundi made the change official on 16 January 2019, with all branches of government expected to move to Gitega within three years.
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Bujumbura
General Information
- Official Name: Burundi
- Common Name: Burundi
- Population: 769317
- Timezone: Africa/Bujumbura
- Coordinates: -3.38193, 29.36142
- Country Code: BDI
- Continent: Africa
Closest Airports to Bujumbura
- 1. Bujumbura International Airport (BJM), distance from city center: 8.01 km
- 2. Gitega Airport (GID), distance from city center: 61.16 km
- 3. Kamembe Airport (KME), distance from city center: 113.99 km
Location of Bujumbura
Country Details
- Country: Burundi
- Official Name: Republic of Burundi
- Capital: Gitega
- Region: Africa
- Subregion: Eastern Africa
- Population: 11,890,781
- Area: 27,834 km²
- Languages: French, Kirundi
- Currency: Burundian franc (Fr)
- Timezones: UTC+02:00
- Flag:
Has borders with:
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Rwanda
- Tanzania