Cankuzo Province is one of the 18
provinces of Burundi
Burundi is divided into eighteen provinces, each named after their respective capital with the exception of Bujumbura Rural.
Burundi’s provinces and communes were created on Christmas Day in 1959 by a Belgian colonial decree. They replaced the ...
.
Located in the eastern part of the country, the province covers an area of 1,965 km. The provincial capital is
Cankuzo
Cankuzo is a city located in eastern Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Ri ...
. It is Burundi's least populated province.
Communes
Cankuzo Province is divided into five communes; each governed by an elected 25-member council.
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Commune of Cankuzo
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Commune of Cendajuru
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Commune of Gisagara
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Commune of Kigamba
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Commune of Mishiha
Politics
Direct Communal and
National Assembly
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elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
were held throughout Burundi on 3 June and 4 July 2005, respectively.
*In communal council elections, the
(CNDD- FDD) won a majority of the 125 seats followed by the
Front for Democracy in Burundi
The Front for Democracy in Burundi (french: link=no, Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi, FRODEBU) is a Hutu progressive political party in Burundi.
History
It was formed by followers of Melchior Ndadaye from the disbanded Burundi Workers' ...
(FRODEBU) and
Union for National Progress
The Union for National Progress (french: Union pour le Progrès national, UPRONA) is a nationalist political party in Burundi. It initially emerged as a nationalist united front in opposition to Belgian colonial rule but subsequently became an i ...
(UPRONA). Smaller parties won the remaining seats.
*Cankuzo province has four deputies in the National Assembly. They are distributed as follows: CNDD-FDD – 2, FRODEBU – 1, UPRONA – 1.
References
Provinces of Burundi
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