{"id":3599,"date":"2014-05-29T15:55:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T15:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/?page_id=3599"},"modified":"2014-05-29T16:07:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T16:07:32","slug":"towns-cities-burundi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/towns-cities-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"Towns and Cities of Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Urban Population and population growth rates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Republic of Burundi also known as \u201cthe Heart of Africa,\u201d\u00a0is one of Africa\u2019s most rapidly urbanizing countries, with a population base of 10 million, of which 11% live in the urban areas. The estimated population growth rate of Burundi was 3.104% in 2012 which is more than double the world average of 1.1%.<\/p>\n<p>It is projected that by the year 2050 Burundi\u2019s population will have grown to 28 million, of which 20 percent will be in urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>Burundi has one capital city being\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/bujumbura\/\">Bujumbura City<\/a> and over 30 small to medium size towns.<\/p>\n<p>The capital <a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/bujumbura\/\">Bujumbura City<\/a> is governed by a community council and community administrator and is divided into 13 communes, or neighborhoods, each with its own neighborhood council and neighborhood boss.<\/p>\n<p>The following are the major cities and towns in Burundi<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/bujumbura\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bujumbura City<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/gitega-town\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gitega Town<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/muyinga-town\/\" target=\"_blank\">Muyinga Town<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/ngozi-town\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ngozi Town<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/rumonge-town\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rumonge Town<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/cibitoke-town\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cibitoke Town<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/#\" target=\"_blank\">Bururi Town<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/makamba-town\/\" target=\"_blank\">Makamba Town<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/rutana-town\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rutana Town<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/bubanza-town\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bubanza Town<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/cankuzo-town\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cankuzo Town<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Population and population growth rates The Republic of Burundi also known as \u201cthe Heart of Africa,\u201d\u00a0is one of Africa\u2019s most rapidly urbanizing countries, with a population base of 10 million, of which 11% live in the urban areas. The estimated population growth rate of Burundi was 3.104% in 2012 which is more than double [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3599","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4Xm5Y-W3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}