Commune of Buyenzi
The commune of Buyenzi is a historic commune of Bujumbura Mairie Province in western Burundi. The district is known for its Swahili heritage and influence not just in Bujumbura but Burundi as a whole.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Arthur Nkunzimana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: Zone in Bujumbura Mairie Province, Burundi
- Also known as: “Buyenzi zone”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Intwari Stadium and Living Museum of Bujumbura.
Intwari Stadium
Stadium
Intwari Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bujumbura, Burundi. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 22,000 and is currently the biggest stadium in the country.
Living Museum of Bujumbura
Zoo
The Living Museum of Bujumbura is a zoo and museum in Burundi. The museum is located in Bujumbura, the country's largest city and former capital, and is one of the country's two public museums.
Regina Mundi Cathedral
Church
Photo: Edouard mhg, CC0.
The Regina Mundi Cathedral is Catholic church in the city of Bujumbura, the former capital of the African country of Burundi. It functions as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bujumbura that was created on November 25, 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI through the bull Cum ad aptius. Regina Mundi Cathedral is situated 2½ km south of Commune of Buyenzi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bujumbura.
Bujumbura
Photo: Edouard mhg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bujumbura is the former capital and largest city of Burundi. It is on the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, the second deepest lake in the world after Lake Baikal.
Commune of Buyenzi
- Categories: town, district, and locality
- Location: Mukaza, Bujumbura Mairie Province, Burundi, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-3.36969° or 3° 22′ 11″ southLongitude
29.35815° or 29° 21′ 29″ eastElevation
794 metres (2,605 feet)Open location code
6G8FJ9J5+47OpenStreetMap ID
node 589900708OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Commune of Buyenzi” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Buyenzi”
- Cebuano: “Commune of Buyenzi”
- Chinese: “Buyenzi Kong-siā”
- Dutch: “Buyenzi”
- French: “Buyenzi”
- French: “Zone Buyenzi”
- German: “Buyenzi”
- Italian: “Buyenzi”
- Japanese: “ブイェンジ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Buyenzi Kong-siā”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Buyenzi”
- Portuguese: “Buyenzi”
- Rundi: “Buyenzi”
- Rundi: “Izone ya Buyenzi”
- Spanish: “Buyenzi”
- Swedish: “Buyenzi”
- “Buyenzi”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Commune of Buyenzi”. Photo: Arthur Nkunzimana, CC BY-SA 4.0.