Rumonge

Place in Rumonge Province, Burundi

3°58′S 29°26′E / 3.967°S 29.433°E / -3.967; 29.433Country

BurundiProvinceRumonge ProvincePopulation

(2008.^[1])

• Total35,931

Rumonge is the capital of Rumonge Province, Burundi, and is located on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. The 2008 census recorded a population of 35,931 in Rumonge, making it Burundi's fourth largest city.^[1] It had a big Arab (Sharji/Azri) presence before Burundi's independence in 1962.

The Rumonge Hospital is a public regional hospital.^[2] It serves the Rumonge Health District.^[3] The present hospital has its origins as a dispensary created in 1922 during the Belgian colonial period. Over the years it steadily expanded, until today it can accommodate a large number of patients.^[4]

In May 2024 hundreds of families in Rumonge, particularly the Kanyenkoko district, had to leave their homes due to flooding caused by water from the Murembwe River meeting rising water levels in Lake Tanganyika. Some families were housed in Rumonge Hospital, others had been placed in Mutambara and hundreds of others had rented houses. Fields of rice, cassava, banana and sweet potato along the river had also been flooded, and the palm groves had been damaged.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Brinkhoff, Thomas. "Burundi". City Population. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ Financement base sur la performance.
^ Carte Sanitaire du Burundi.
^ Qui Sommes Nous?.
^ Rumonge : Les inondations forcent des centaines ...

Sources

Carte Sanitaire du Burundi (PDF), Burundi Ministry of Public Health, 2016, retrieved 2024-06-21
Financement base sur la performance HR Rumonge (in French), Ministere de la Sante Publique et de la Lutte Contre le Sida, retrieved 2024-07-09
Qui Sommes Nous? (in French), Rumonge Hospital, retrieved 2024-07-15
"Rumonge : Les inondations forcent des centaines de familles à quitter leur foyer", Radio Publique Africaine, 9 May 2024, retrieved 2024-08-16