Commune of Bugarama | |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Mapsize1: | 150px |
Pushpin Map: | Burundi |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Burundi |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Administrative center |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central Africa Time |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | -3.7078°N 29.351°W |
Bugarama is a commune of Rumonge Province in Burundi. [1] [2] The seat lies at Bugarama.
See main article: 2020 Bugarama attack. Between August 23 and 24, 2020, militants from RED-Tabara attacked the city of Bugarama, Burundi, resulting in the death of eleven civilians and five militants. Several RED-Tabara militants, including the commander of the Bugarama attack, were arrested in Rwanda on September 29. They claimed that the Bugarama attack was against Burundian forces and Imbonerakure.[3]
In December 2023 heavy rains flooded hundreds of hectares of crop fields and caused landslides in the communes of Bugarama and Muhuta.