Vyanda | |
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 Vyanda |
Timezone: | Central Africa Time |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | -4.1039°N 29.6081°W |
Vyanda is a town and seat of the Commune of Vyanda in Bururi Province in southern Burundi. It has a population of 29,685 and by road it is located 34.9 kilometres southeast of Bururi and 13.2 kilometres northeast of Kigwena.[1]
On 29 April 1972 a massacre took place here.[2]
To the south is the 40 square kilometre Vyanda Forest Nature Reserve, noted for its miombo woodland habitat, Zambezian flora and Chimpanzees.[3] [4]