Rumonge Province is one of the eighteen
provinces
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of
Burundi.
It was created on 26 March 2015 by combining the communes of Burambi, Buyengero and Rumonge, previously part of
Bururi Province, with the Bugarama and Muhuta communes previously belonging to
Bujumbura Rural Province.
Geography
The capital is at
Rumonge,
[ on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. The Rumonge Nature Reserve, a semi-deciduous forest, and Kigwena Nature Reserve, a lowland tropical forest, are located in the province.
]
Government
The province's first governor, Juvénal Bigirimana, was sworn in on 17 April 2015. In June 2015 it elected four deputies to Burundi's National Assembly
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, and in July it chose its first two senators, Jean-Pierre Ndayahundwa and Tharcisse Rutomo.
Communes
Rumonge Province administers the following communes:[
* Commune of Bugarama
* Commune of Burambi
* Commune of Buyengero
* Commune of Muhuta
* ]Commune of Rumonge
Rumonge is a commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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References
Provinces of Burundi
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