Buhumuza
Sign in to saveBuhumuza is the least populous of Burundi's five provinces. It covers an area of and recorded a population of 2,052,261 in the 2024 Burundian census. The province's capital is Cankuzo, while Muyinga is its largest town, reporting a population of 9,609 in the 2008 Burundian census.
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Buhumuza is the least populous of Burundi's five provinces. It covers an area of and recorded a population of 2,052,261 in the 2024 Burundian census. The province's capital is Cankuzo, while Muyinga is its largest town, reporting a population of 9,609 in the 2008 Burundian census.
==Geography== Located in eastern Burundi, Buhumuza borders the Burundian provinces of Burunga, Gitega and Butanyerera to the southwest, west and northwest respectively, Rwanda's Eastern Province to the north, and Tanzania's Kagera Region and Kigoma Region to the northeast and southeast respectively. Buhumuza's topography is characterized by a series of alternating lowlands and highlands: from north to south, these are the Bugesera Depression, Bweru plateau, the Ruvubu River valley, the Buyogoma plateau, and the Moso lowlands.
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