Gatumba
Sign in to savethumb | right | Hippos in Gatumba Gatumba is a village in western Burundi, near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The place is known for a massacre that took place at Gatumba refugee camp connected to the village.
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- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- Gatumba
- Country
- Burundi
- Located in
- Bujumbura Rural Province
- Population
- 11700
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Hippos and Bridge, Burundi 067.jpg
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thumb | right | Hippos in Gatumba Gatumba is a village in western Burundi, near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The place is known for a massacre that took place at Gatumba refugee camp connected to the village.
==Massacre== On August 13, 2004, a refugee camp in Gatumba was the scene of one of the largest civilian massacres carried out in Burundi in recent years.
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