Matana | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Burundi |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Burundi |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Burundi |
Subdivision Type2: | Commune |
Subdivision Name2: | Commune of Matana |
Timezone: | Central Africa Time |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | -3.767°N 29.6917°W |
Elevation M: | 1900 |
Matana is a Burundian town and colline, seat of the Commune of Matana, in Bururi Province.
It is a mountain town is located at 1900m (6,200feet), and is crossed in the middle by the national highway RN7, that links Bujumbura (94 km northwest), the largest city and former capital, to the town of Rutana (49 km southeast). It is 15 km north of Songa, 30 km north of Bururi, and the nearest places are the villages of Rubanga and Butwe.
Matana is the seat of the homonym Anglican diocese, part of the Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi.[1]