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Bujumbura is the location for the city's multisport Intwari stadium. Mainly used for football matches, it is the country's largest stadium with 22,000 seats. The city is also home to many basketball and tennis courts, as well as a multitude of indoor and outdoor swimming pools.
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.
Burundi is the poorest country in the world by nominal GDP per capita and is one of the least developed countries. It faces widespread poverty, corruption, instability, authoritarianism and illiteracy. The 2018 World Happiness Report ranked the country as the world's least happy with a rank of 156. [23]
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 .
It opened a branch in Usumbura (now Bujumbura) in 1922. Usumbura, a port on Lake Tanganyika, was the region's commercial centre. [1] In 1964, after Burundi became independent and banking regulations were revised, the former branch of the Banque d'Outremer became the Banque de Crédit de Bujumbura (BCB). [1]
Country: Burundi: Province: Bujumbura: ... Time zone: UTC+2 (Central Africa Time) The commune of Ngagara is a commune of Bujumbura in northwest Burundi. The capital ...
In 2000, the province encompassing Bujumbura was separated into two provinces, Bujumbura Rural and Bujumbura Mairie. [2] The newest province, Rumonge, was created on 26 March 2015 from portions of Bujumbura Rural and Bururi. [3] In July 2022, the government of Burundi announced a complete overhaul of the country's territorial subdivisions.
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