Bujumbura Rural Province

Bujumbura Rural Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. Former President Cyprien Ntaryamira was born here. It surrounds the former national capital Bujumbura and its provincial capital is Isale.

Location
Bujumbura Rural Province is in the east of Burundi, to the east and north of Lake Tanganyika. In the northeast it borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To the north it borders Bubanza Province, to east it borders Muramvya Province and Mwaro Province, and to the south it borders Bururi Province. It encloses Bujumbura Mairie Province around the northwest corner of Lake Tanganyika. In the west it is in the Imbo natural region. The center is in the Mumirwa natural region and the east in the Mugamba natural region.

Communes
Bujumbura Rural Province administers nine communes:


 * Commune of Isale
 * Commune of Kabezi
 * Commune of Kanyosha
 * Commune of Mubimbi
 * Commune of Mugongomanga
 * Commune of Mukike
 * Commune of Mutambu
 * Commune of Mutimbuzi
 * Commune of Nyabiraba