Bujumbura
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.
- City with about 659,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 770 metres (2,540 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code BJM
- …is also known as “Buja”
- …was formerly known as “Usumbura”
- Description: former capital of Burundi
Places of Interest
Highlights include Intwari Stadium and Holy Spirit Lycée.
Intwari Stadium
Stadium
Intwari Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bujumbura, Burundi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Commune of Buyenzi.
Commune of Buyenzi
The commune of Buyenzi is a historic commune of Bujumbura Mairie Province in western Burundi.
Bujumbura
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Latitude
-3.3638° or 3° 21′ 50″ south
Longitude
29.3675° or 29° 22′ 3″ east
UN/LOCODE
BI BJM
Open location code
6G8FJ9P9+F2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Bujumbura” goes by many names.
BujumburaAfrikaans
BuzhumburaAlbanian
ቡጁምቡራAmharic
بوجومبوراArabic
BuyumburaAragonese
ԲուժումբուրաArmenian
Buj·umburaArpitan
BuxumburaAsturian
BujumburaAzerbaijani
BujumburaBalinese
BujumburaBasque
БужумбураBelarusian
বুজুম্বুরাBengali
BujumburaBosnian
BujumburaBreton
БужумбураBulgarian
BujumburaCatalan
MbabaneCatalan
BujumburaCebuano
BujumburaCentral Kanuri
بوجومبوراCentral Kurdish
БужумбураChechen
布琼布拉Chinese
BujumburaCornish
BujumburaCroatian
BujumburaCzech
BujumburaDanish
BucumburaDimli (individual language)
BujumburaDimli (individual language)
BujumburaDutch
بوجومبوراEgyptian Arabic
BuĵumburoEsperanto
BujumburaEstonian
BuyumburaExtremaduran
BujumburaFiji Hindi
BujumburaFinnish
BujumburaGalician
ბუჟუმბურაGeorgian
ΜπουζουμπούραGreek
બુજુમ્બુરાGujarati
BoujoumbouraHaitian
BujumburaHakka Chinese
BujumburaHausa
בוג’ומבורהHebrew
बुजुम्बुराHindi
BujumburaHungarian
BújúmbúraIcelandic
BujumburaIdo
BujumburaIloko
BujumburaInari Sami
BujumburaIndonesian
BujumburaInterlingue
PutchumpuraqInupiaq
BujumburaIrish
BujumburaItalian
ブジュンブラJapanese
BujumburaJavanese
PuzumburaKabiyè
BujumburaKabyle
ಬುಜುಂಬುರಾKannada
БужумбураKazakh
BujumburaKinyarwanda
БужумбураKirghiz
BujumburaKongo
부줌부라Korean
BujumburaKurdish
BujumburaLatin
BudžumburaLatvian
BužaLatvian
BužumburaLatvian
BujumburaLigurian
BujumbúraLingala
BujumburaLingua Franca Nova
BužumbūraLithuanian
BujumburaLombard
BujumburaLuxembourgish
BujumburaMacedo-Romanian
БуџумбураMacedonian
BujumburaMalagasy
BujumburaMalay
ബുജുംബുറMalayalam
बुजुंबुराMarathi
BujumburaMin Dong Chinese
BujumburaMin Nan Chinese
ბუჟუმბურაMingrelian
БужумбураMongolian
BujumburaNauru
BujumburaNorthern Frisian
BujumburaNorwegian
BujumburaNorwegian Bokmål
BujumburaNorwegian Nynorsk
BujumburaNovial
BujumburaNyanja
BujumburaOccitan (post 1500)
ବୁଜୁମବୁରାOriya
BujumburaOromo
БужумбурæOssetian
ਬੁਜੁੰਬੁਰਾPanjabi
BujumburaPapiamento
بوجومبوراPersian
BujumburaPiemontese
BużumburaPolish
بوجمبوراPushto
بوجومبوراPushto
BujumburaQuechua
BujumburaRomanian
BujaRundi
BujumburaRundi
БужумбураRussian
ᱵᱩᱡᱩᱢᱵᱩᱨᱟSantali
BujumburaScots
BujumburaScottish Gaelic
БуџумбураSerbian
BujumburaSerbo-Croatian
BujumburaShona
BużumburaSilesian
اسومبوراSindhi
بوجاSindhi
بوجمبوراSindhi
බුජුම්බුරාSinhala
BujumburaSlovak
BujumburaSlovenian
BujumburaSomali
بوجومبوراSouth Azerbaijani
BujumburaSouthern Sotho
ⴱⵓⵊⵓⵎⴱⵓⵔⴰStandard Moroccan Tamazight
BujumburaSwahili
BujumburaSwedish
BujumburaTachelhit
BujumburaTagalog
БуҷумбураTajik
புசும்புராTamil
БужумбураTatar
బుజంబురTelugu
บูจุมบูราThai
བུ་ཇུམ་བུ་ར།Tibetan
BujumburaTurkish
BujumburaTurkmen
БужумбураUdmurt
БужумбураUkrainian
BujumburaUpper Sorbian
بوجمبوراUrdu
بوجومبراUrdu
BujumburaUzbek
BujumburaVenetian
BužumburVeps
BujumburaVietnamese
BujumburaWaray (Philippines)
BujumburaWelsh
BûjûmbûraWestern Frisian
БужумбураWestern Mari
باجمبوراWestern Panjabi
BujumburaWolof
布琼布拉Wu Chinese
בוזשומבורעYiddish
BujumburaYoruba
布松布拉Yue Chinese
BujumburaZulu
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