Butanyerera
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Butanyerera | |
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.jpg) The zone of Banga in the commune of Matongo in Butanyerera | |
 Location of Butanyerera in Burundi | |
| Coordinates: 3°S 30°E / 3°S 30°E | |
| Country |  Burundi |
| Inaugurated | 2025 |
| Capital | Ngozi |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Victor Segasago (CNDD-FDD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,480 km2 (1,730 sq mi) |
| Population (2024 census)[1] | |
• Total | 2,530,206 |
| • Density | 565/km2 (1,460/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Butanyerera is the second most populous of Burundi's five provinces. It covers an area of 4,480 square kilometres (1,730 sq mi) and recorded a population of 2,530,206 in the 2024 Burundian census.[1] The capital and the largest town in the province is Ngozi, which reported a population of 39,884 in the 2008 Burundian census.[2] Other significant towns in Butanyerera include Kayanza and Kirundo, which reported populations of 21,767 and 10,024 respectively in the 2008 Burundian census.[2]
Located in northern Burundi, Butanyerera borders the Burundian provinces of Bujumbura, Gitega and Buhumuza to the west, south and east respectively, and Rwanda's Southern and Eastern provinces to the northwest and northeast respectively. Terrain in the province ranges in elevation from 1,325 metres (4,347 ft) at Lake Rweru in the Bugesera Depression to the northeast,[3] to over 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) on the Congo-Nile ridge in Kibira National Park in the west.[4] The central part of Butanyerera lies on the Buyenzi plateau,[5] one of Burundi's major coffee-producing regions.[6]
Butanyerera contains the eastern side of Kibira National Park, which protects the Albertine Rift montane forests of the Mugamba natural region.[7] The Protected Aquatic Landscape of the North Ramsar site is located in the northeastern part of Butanyerera near the Rwandan border, and protects Lakes Cohoha, Gacamirindi, Kanzigiri, Mwungere, Nagitamo, Narungazi, Rweru, and Rwihinda, as well as Murehe Forest.[8][9] Kibira National Park and Lake Rwihinda are on Burundi's list of Tentative World Heritage Sites,[10] as are the royal tombs of Nkiko-Mugamba, located in the zones of Kabarore and Muruta in the commune of Kayanza.[11]
