Cankuzo Province

Cankuzo Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi.[1] Located in the eastern part of the country, the province covers an area of 1,965 km². The provincial capital is Cankuzo.

Cankuzo Province
province
Country Burundi
CapitalCankuzo
Government
 • GovernorRégine Katabarumwe (UPRONA)
Area
 • Total1,964.54 km2 (758.51 sq mi)
Area rankRanked 4th
Population
 (2008 census)
 • Total228,873
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)

Communes

Cankuzo Province is divided into five communes; each governed by an elected 25-member council.

Politics

Direct Communal and National Assembly elections were held throughout Burundi on 3 June and 4 July 2005, respectively.

  • In communal council elections, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD- FDD) won a majority of the 125 seats followed by the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) and Union for National Progress (UPRONA). Smaller parties won the remaining seats.
  • Cankuzo province has four deputies in the National Assembly. They are distributed as follows: CNDD-FDD – 2, FRODEBU – 1, UPRONA – 1.

References
  1. "Burundi". The World Factbook. CIA. Retrieved 3 April 2020.


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