Karuzi Province (Karuzi Province)
Six mass graves with 6,032 bodies were found by Burundi's Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Karuzi Province in January and February 2020. Some of the victims were identified by clothes and rosaries.
It is divided administratively into the following communes:
* Commune of Bugenyuzi
* Commune of Buhiga
* Commune of Gihogazi
* Commune of Gitaramuka
* Commune of Mutumba
* Commune of Nyabikere
* Commune of Shombo
Map - Karuzi Province (Karuzi Province)
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Country - Burundi
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The Twa, Hutu and Tutsi peoples have lived in Burundi for at least 500 years. For more than 200 of those years, Burundi was an independent kingdom, until the beginning of the 20th century, when it became a German colony. After the First World War and Germany's defeat, the League of Nations "mandated" the territory to Belgium. After the Second World War, this transformed into a United Nations Trust Territory. Both Germans and Belgians ruled Burundi and Rwanda as a European colony known as Ruanda-Urundi. Burundi and Rwanda had never been under common rule until the time of European colonization of Africa.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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BIF | Burundian franc | Fr | 0 |
ISO | Language |
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FR | French language |
RN | Rundi language |