Gitega | |
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Coordinates: 3°26′S 29°54′E / 3.433°S 29.900°E | |
Kintra | Burundi |
Province | Gitega Province |
Area | |
• Caipital ceety | 22 km2 (8 sq mi) |
• Urban | 22 km2 (8 sq mi) |
• Metro | 27 km2 (10 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1504 m (4,934 ft) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Caipital ceety | 135,467 |
• Density | 5454/km2 (14,130/sq mi) |
Gitega (umwhile Kitega) is the caipital o Burundi. Locatit in the centre o the kintra, in the Burundian central plateau[2] roughly 62 kilometre (39 mi) southeast o Bujumbura (the umwhile caipital an lairgest ceety), Gitega (the seicont lairgest ceety[3]) wis the seat o the Kinrick o Burundi till its abolition in 1966.[4][note 1] In late Dizember 2018, Burundian preses Pierre Nkurunziza annooncit that he wad follae on a 2007 promise tae return Gitega its umwhile poleetical caipital status,[4] with Bujumbura remaining as economic capital and centre of commerce.[5] A vote in the Pairlament o Burundi made the chynge offeecial on 16 Januar 2019, wi aw branches o govrenment expectit tae muive in ower three year.[6]