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École Française De Bujumbura
The École Française de Bujumbura is a French international school in central Bujumbura, Burundi. It is in proximity to the Prince Rwagasore Stadium. It has ''maternelle'' (preschool), ''élémentaire'', ''collège'' (junior high school), and ''lycée'' (senior high school/sixth-form college) sections. As of 2015 it has 550 students ranging in age from 2–18. The students include Burundians and French but the school also has persons from other countries. the school directly teaches from ''toute petite section'' ("the littlest section", for students under three years of age) until ''seconde'' (first year of ''lycée'') and uses the National Centre for Distance Education (CNED) distance learning programme for the remaining two years, ''première'' and ''terminale''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bujumbura
Bujumbura (; ), 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. Bujumbura was formerly the country's political capital. In late December 2018, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow through on a 2007 promise to return Gitega its former political capital status, with Bujumbura remaining as economical capital and center of commerce. A vote in the Parliament of Burundi made the change official on 16 January 2019, with all branches of government expected to move to Gitega within three years. History Bujumbura grew from a small village after it became a military post in German East Africa in 1889. After World War I it was made the administrative center of the Belgium, Belgian League of Nations mandate of Ruanda-Urundi. The name was changed from Usumbura to Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962. Since independence, Bujumbura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
