Rwibaga is a village in
Bujumbura Rural Province
Bujumbura Rural Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi. Former President of Burundi Cyprien Ntaryamira was born here.
The province surrounds the former national capital Bujumbura. The provincial capital is Isale.
Communes
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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 ...
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Rwibaga is a ''
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'' in the
Mugongo-Manga Commune, in the east of Bujumbura Rural Province.
It is on the RP43 highway, east of
Ijenda.
It contains the
Rwibaga Hospital.
The Rwibaga Hospital is the center of the Rwibaga Health District.
It is near the faith-based
Ijenda Hospital, the other hospital in the district.
It is a public district hospital serving a population of 50,855 as of 2014.
The village contains a market, the ''Marché de Rwibaga''.
In October 2021 the law on permanent stabling came into effect, which caused a sharp drop in quantity of livestock for sale at the market.
The market is the primary source of funds for the commune of Mugongo-Manga.
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Bujumbura Rural Province