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Bujumbura (French pronunciation: [buʒumbuʁa]; Kinyarwanda pronunciation: [buʒuᵐbuɾa]), 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.
The Port of Bujumbura was built in 1959, with capacity of 200,000 tons. In 1989–92 it was expanded to 500,000 tons. Until 1992 it was run as a parastatal. In 1992 it was leased for ten years to EPB (Société Concessionnaire de l'Exploitation du Port de Bujumbura), a public-private partnership owned 43% by the state and 57% private. The lease ...
At lower areas, such as the capital, Bujumbura, and Lake Tanganyika, the average annual temperature increases slightly, to 23 °C or 73 °F; while at higher altitudes, it decreases to 16 °C or 61 °F. [4] [3] Burundi experiences its dry season between May and August, with a shorter dry season also occurring between January and February. [4]
Social Security serves as a lifeline for tens of millions of seniors. Today, that number is growing. As of December 2024, the Social Security Administration (SSA) reported that about 65.5 million...
Bujumbura Rural Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. Former President Cyprien Ntaryamira was born here. It surrounds the former national capital Bujumbura and its provincial capital is Isale .
The airport was opened in 1952. [2] On 1 July 2019, the airport was renamed Melchior Ndadaye International Airport after the first democratically elected president of Burundi who was murdered in a coup d'état in October 1993, three months after being elected.
The Port of Bujumbura was built in 1959. [1] It manages receipt and delivery of exports and imports, whether carried by ship or by truck. As of 2011 more than 90% of cargo handled was imports, of which about 60% entered by ship and 40% by truck.