Bururi
Sign in to saveBururi is a city located in southern Burundi. It is the capital city of Bururi Province and has around 20,000 inhabitants in 2007.
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- Settlement.official_name
- Bururi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- Burundi
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- bottom
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- Location in the Burundi
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Burundi
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bururi Province
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 20764
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- Ethnicities
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- Religions
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1836
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Bururi is a city located in southern Burundi. It is the capital city of Bururi Province and has around 20,000 inhabitants in 2007.
==History== On 29 April 1972, a massacre took place here. Local Hutu gendarmes in Bururi drove out military and civil government control of the Tutsi military regime of Micombero. A republic was declared, and a week later suppressed by Burundian troops.