Gitega Province

Gitega is one of the five provinces of Burundi. Its capital is , which is also the political capital. 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: Gitega” and “Kitega

Places of Interest

Highlights include Christ the King Cathedral.

Church
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The is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in in the province of Gitega in the central part of . 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 2019 the national political capital, as well as the capital of the Province.

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 Arabic to Zulu—“Gitega Province” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إقليم جيتيغا
  • Arabic: إقليم غيتيغا
  • Armenian: Գիտեգա
  • Asturian: provincia de Gitega
  • Azerbaijani: Giteqa vilayəti
  • Basque: Gitega probintzia
  • Basque: Kitega Probintzia
  • Belarusian: Гітэга (правінцыя)
  • Belarusian: Гітэга
  • Belarusian: Жытэга
  • Bengali: গিটেগা প্রদেশ
  • Breton: Gitega
  • Bulgarian: Гитега
  • Catalan: Gitega
  • Cebuano: Gitega Province
  • Chinese: Gitega Séng
  • Chinese: 基特加省
  • Danish: Gitega Province
  • 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: BI-GI
  • German: Gitega
  • Greek: Γκιτγκά
  • Greek: Γκιτέγκα
  • Gujarati: ગીતેગા પ્રાંત
  • Hindi: गिटेगा प्रांत
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Gitega
  • Italian: Gitega
  • Italian: provincia di Gitega
  • Italian: Provincia di Gitega
  • Japanese: ギテガ州
  • Japanese: ギテガ県
  • Kannada: ಗೈಟ್ಗಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Korean: 기테가주
  • Latvian: Gitegas province
  • Lithuanian: Gitegos provincija
  • Malay: Gitega Province
  • Marathi: गितेगा प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: Gitega Séng
  • Mingrelian: გიტეგაშ პროვონცია
  • Northern Frisian: Gitega
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gitega
  • Norwegian: Gitega
  • Occitan (post 1500): Gitega
  • Persian: استان گیتگا
  • Polish: Prowincja Gitega
  • Portuguese: Gitega
  • Portuguese: Guitega
  • Portuguese: Província de Gitega
  • Portuguese: Província de Guitega
  • Romanian: Provincia Gitega
  • Rundi: iProvense ya Gitega
  • Rundi: IProvense ya Gitega
  • Russian: Гитега
  • Sinhala: ගිටෙගා පළාත
  • Slovak: Gitega
  • Spanish: Gitega
  • Spanish: Provincia de Gitega
  • Spanish: Provincia de Guitega
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Gitega
  • Swahili: Mkoa ya Gitega
  • Swedish: Gitega
  • Tamil: கிடேகா மாகாணம்
  • Telugu: గిటేగా ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: గిటేగా రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: จังหวัดกิเตกา
  • Turkish: Gitega Province
  • Ukrainian: Гітега
  • Urdu: گیتیگا صوبہ
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Gitega
  • Welsh: Talaith Gitega
  • Zulu: Gitega Province
  • Gitega Province

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