Bujumbura
City
Largest city of Burundi on Lake Tanganyika and its capital until 2019.
Names
- until July 1, 1962 Usumbura
Held by
- 1789 – June 30, 1890 Kingdom of Burundi
- July 1, 1890 – June 17, 1916 German East Africa
- June 17, 1916 – October 19, 1924 Belgium Military occupation
- October 20, 1924 – June 30, 1962 Belgium
- since July 1, 1962 Burundi
Capital of
- July 1, 1962 – November 28, 1966 Kingdom of Burundi Capital of the independent kingdom
- until January 15, 2019 Burundi
Events here 2
- April 25, 2015 Burundian unrest (2015–2018)
- May 13–15, 2015 2015 Burundian coup attempt