Muramvya Province is one of the
18 provinces of
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 ...
. The capital city is
Muramvya
Muramvya is a city located in central Burundi. It is the capital city of Muramvya Province
Muramvya Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi. The capital city is Muramvya. In 2007 the province was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tenta ...
. In 2007 the province was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.
Culture
The area is renowned for the route of enthronement of the ''Bami'' (
king
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king.
*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
s), the royal capital of
Mbuye, the necropolis of the queen mothers in
Mpotsa, and the royal necropolis of
Nkiko-Mugamba, amongst other things.
World Heritage status
The region's cultural and natural landscape was added to the
UNESCO
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World Heritage
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