title: Bururi Province
text: # Bururi Province
  
  Bururi Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. It was formerly Burundi's largest province until the communes of Burambi, Buyengero and Rumonge were transferred to the province of Rumonge when it was created in 2015.
  
  ## Overview
  
  Bururi Province was created on 26 September 1960 as part of national political and administrative reforms initiated by the Belgian colonial administration in Ruanda-Urundi. Burundi became independent in 1962 and the province was retained in the new national constitution.
  
  The provincial capital is Bururi. Bururi Province is home to the Bururi Forest Nature Reserve, a remnant Afromontane tropical forest. The Ruvyironza River, which rises in Bururi Province, is the southernmost source of the Nile.
  
  Bururi is famous for the number of military and political leaders to have been born there, including three consecutive presidents (Michel Micombero, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza and Pierre Buyoya) following the country's independence.
  
  ## Communes
  
  It is divided administratively into the following communes:
  
  * Commune of Bururi
  * Commune of Matana
  * Commune of Mugamba
  * Commune of Rutovu
  * Commune of Songa
  * Commune of Vyanda
  