# Bururi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bururi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bururi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bururi > Source revision: 1224086060 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Bururi | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = [City](/source/List_of_cities_in_Burundi) | motto = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Burundi | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Burundi | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = 25px [Burundi](/source/Burundi) | subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Burundi) | subdivision_name1 = [Bururi Province](/source/Bururi_Province) | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2012 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 20764 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_blank2_title = Religions | population_blank2 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|3|57|S|29|37|E|region:BI|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 1836 | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Bururi''' is a city located in southern [Burundi](/source/Burundi). It is the capital city of [Bururi Province](/source/Bururi_Province) and has around 20,000 inhabitants in 2007. ==History== On 29 April 1972, a massacre took place here.{{cite book|last=Auzias|first=Jean-Paul Labourdette, Dominique|title=Burundi 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1CZCTM4U3EgC&pg=PA270|accessdate=21 April 2012|date=27 October 2010|publisher=Petit Futé|isbn=978-2-7469-2926-5|page=270}} Local Hutu gendarmes in Bururi drove out military and civil government control of the Tutsi military regime of Micombero. A republic was declared, and a week later suppressed by Burundian troops. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Bururi Province}} {{Authority control}} {{Coord|3|57|S|29|37|E|region:BI_type:city|display=title}} Category:Populated places in Bururi Province {{Burundi-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bururi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bururi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bururi?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.