Burundi Communes

The commune is the second tier of Burundi, below the five provinces and the unit the government runs from schools to local roads. There are 42 of them on this map, from Mukaza, the small commune that holds the centre of the largest city, to Rumonge, which runs along the shore of Lake Tanganyika.

The quiz: Name to place, on the map
Grouped by: Province: the five of the country
In the game: 42 communes

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What you are looking at

The 42 communes of Burundi, as they sit in the five provinces drawn in 2025. The provinces were merged from 18 older ones, and the communes were kept, so an older map that shows more than five provinces still gets most of its communes right. Many take the name of the town that heads them, so Gitega, Ngozi, Kayanza and Muyinga are worth knowing as places as well.

The communes are uneven. Mukaza is by far the smallest, under fifty square kilometres, and the game gives it a tap area. Rumonge, Nyanza and Musongati in the south are the biggest, each over a thousand.

The groups are the provinces, so the game lets you drill them one at a time. Each province answers under the same name in Burundi Provinces.

How to place one

Pick one province and learn it. Burunga and Buhumuza have seven each, the fewest, and Bujumbura has eleven, the most.
Start with the capital area. Mukaza and Ntahangwa are the two communes of the city of Bujumbura, on the lake.
Follow the lake. Rumonge, in the south west, runs down the Tanganyika shore.
Read the north as a row. Kirundo, Ngozi and Kayanza run along the border with Rwanda.

Every commune, by province

Bujumbura11 communes: Bubanza, Bukinanyana, Cibitoke, Isare, Mpanda, Mugere, Mugina, Muhuta, Mukaza, Ntahangwa, Rwibaga
Butanyerera8 communes: Busoni, Kayanza, Kiremba, Kirundo, Matongo, Muhanga, Ngozi, Tangara
Burunga7 communes: Bururi, Makamba, Matana, Musongati, Nyanza, Rumonge, Rutana
Gitega9 communes: Bugendana, Gishubi, Gitega, Karusi, Kiganda, Muramvya, Mwaro, Nyabihanga, Shombo
Buhumuza7 communes: Butaganzwa, Butihinda, Cankuzo, Gisagara, Gisuru, Muyinga, Ruyigi

Worked examples

Rumonge

The biggest of them

Rumonge is the largest commune, on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in the south west, and its town is the main port south of the capital.

Mukaza

The small one in the capital

Mukaza is the smallest commune, and holds the centre of Bujumbura. It is small enough to need a tap area on the map.

Gitega

The name shared with its province

Gitega is both a commune and a province. The commune is the town and its surroundings in the centre of the country, and the province is the larger block around it.