Gitega Province

Gitega is one of the five provinces of Burundi. Its capital is , which is also the political capital of the country. It has a population of 725,223 as of 2008 and an area of 1,979 square kilometres.
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  • Type: province of Burundi with 675,000 residents
  • Description: province of Burundi
  • Also known as: “BI-GI”, “Gitega”, “Kitega”, “Kitega Probintzia”, “Mkoa ya Gitega”, “Província de Gitega”, “Γκιτγκά”, “إقليم جيتيغا”, “గిటేగా రాష్ట్రభాగం”, and “ギテガ州”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Christ the King Cathedral.

Church
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The is a religious building… is situated 7 km north of Gitega Province.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gitega.

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is the second largest city of and since…

Gitega Province

Latitude
-3.5° or 3° 30′ south
Longitude
29.95° or 29° 57′ east
Population
675,000
Elevation
1,647 metres (5,404 feet)
Open location code
6G8FGW2X+2X
Geo­Names ID
426271
Wiki­data ID
Q720843
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Gitega Province” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ግጤጋ”
  • Arabic: “إقليم غيتيغا”
  • Armenian: “Գիտեգա”
  • Asturian: “provincia de Gitega”
  • Azerbaijani: “Giteqa vilayəti”
  • Basque: “Gitega probintzia”
  • Belarusian: “Гітэга (правінцыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Гітэга”
  • Belarusian: “Жытэга”
  • Bengali: “গিটেগা প্রদেশ”
  • Breton: “Gitega”
  • Bulgarian: “Гитега”
  • Catalan: “Gitega”
  • Cebuano: “Gitega Province”
  • Chinese: “基特加省”
  • Danish: “Gitega Province”
  • Danish: “Gitega”
  • Dutch: “Gitega”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Gitega”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Gitego”
  • Estonian: “Gitega provints”
  • Finnish: “Gitegan provinssi”
  • French: “Gitega”
  • French: “Province de Gitega”
  • Galician: “Provincia de Gitega”
  • Georgian: “გიტეგას პროვინცია”
  • Georgian: “გიტეგის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Gitega”
  • German: “Provinz Gitega”
  • Greek: “Γκιτέγκα”
  • Gujarati: “ગીતેગા પ્રાંત”
  • Hausa: “Gitega”
  • Hindi: “गिटेगा प्रांत”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Gitega”
  • Italian: “provincia di Gitega”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Gitega”
  • Japanese: “ギテガ県”
  • Javanese: “Gitega”
  • Kannada: “ಗೈಟ್ಗಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Гитега”
  • Kirghiz: “Гитега”
  • Korean: “기테가주”
  • Latvian: “Gitegas province”
  • Lithuanian: “Gitegos provincija”
  • Malay: “Gitega Province”
  • Marathi: “गितेगा प्रांत”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gitega Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Provinsi Gitega”
  • Mingrelian: “გიტეგაშ პროვონცია”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gitega”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gitega”
  • Norwegian: “Gitega”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gitega”
  • Oromo: “Gitega”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਿਟੇਗਾ”
  • Persian: “استان گیتگا”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Gitega”
  • Portuguese: “Gitega”
  • Portuguese: “Guitega”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Guitega”
  • Pushto: “گیتگا”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Gitega”
  • Rundi: “iProvense ya Gitega”
  • Rundi: “IProvense ya Gitega”
  • Russian: “Гитега”
  • Sinhala: “ගිටෙගා පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Gitega”
  • Somali: “Gitega”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Gitega”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Guitega”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Gitega”
  • Swedish: “Gitega”
  • Tajik: “Гитега”
  • Tamil: “கிடேகா மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Гитега”
  • Telugu: “గిటేగా ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดกิเตกา”
  • Turkish: “Gitega Province”
  • Ukrainian: “Гітега”
  • Urdu: “گیتیگا صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Gitega”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Gitega”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Gitega”
  • Zulu: “Gitega Province”
  • “Gitega Province”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Bushabashi and Gatwaro.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Songa and Rwimpiri.

Burundi: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Bujumbura and Gitega.

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