Kiremba is a small town in the
Commune of Bururi in
Bururi Province
Bururi Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. It was formerly Burundi's largest province until the communes of Burambi, Buyengero and Rumonge were transferred to the province of Rumonge when it was created in 2015.
Overview
Burur ...
in southern
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
. By road it is located 7 kilometres southeast of
Bururi and 4.3 kilometres northwest of
Buta.
On April 30, 1997, the same day as the massacre at nearby Buta, the
FDD killed
Hutu and two
Tutsi people in Kiremba, burning the local hospital and raping two women before killing them.
In 2004, the people were tested for
epilepsy.
Kiremba has a Swedish Protestant School, although it is said to be more Anglican in its teachings.
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Bururi Province
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