{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> |name =Commune of Kirundo |settlement_type =Commune |official_name = |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = File:Lake Rwihinda.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Lake Rwihinda |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = 300px |map_caption =Commune of Kirundo in Burundi |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = 150px |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = Burundi |pushpin_relief = yes |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Burundi}} |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Kirundo Province |subdivision_type2 = Administrative center |subdivision_name2 = Kirundo |seat_type = |seat = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 207.29 |population_as_of = 2008 census |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 93110 | timezone =Central Africa Time | utc_offset = +2 |coordinates = {{coord|2|35|5|S|30|5|50|E|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 1526 }} The '''Commune of Kirundo''' is a commune of Kirundo Province in northern Burundi.{{sfn|Sub-Saharan Africa report FBIS}}
==Location== The Commune of Kirundo has an area of {{convert|207.3|km2}} and had a population of 93,110 as of the 2008 census.{{sfn|BURUNDI: Administrative Division}}
==Environment== The Rwihinda Lake Nature Reserve is in Kirundo commune, to the west of Kirundo Airport. Marshes extend northwest from the reserve to the Akanyaro River, which forms the border with Rwanda.{{sfn|Akanyaru wetlands Birdlife}} Lake Rwihinda has been threatened by lack of rain since 1999 and excessive evapotranspiration.{{sfn|Risper Nyairo|Takashi Machimura|Takanori Matsui|2020|p=3}}
==Administrative divisions== Settlements include the provincial capital of Kirundo; Rutare, to the north of the airport; and Mutwenzi, near to the Mutwenzi military base.
Kirundo is divided into 22 ''collines'', from north to south:{{sfn|Burundi / Kirundo / Kirundo GADM}} {{flatlist|indent=2| *Ceru *Runyonza *Yaranda *Cewe *Nyabibugu *Kavomo *Bugera *Kinyangurube *1Murama *Mwenya *Kanyinya *Mutara *Kirundo *Rambo *Gihosha *Gakana *Rugero *Mataka *Gikuyo *Karamagi *Cumva *Busenyi }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== {{refbegin}} *{{citation |url=https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/akanyaru-wetlands-iba-rwanda |accessdate=2024-06-08 |title=Akanyaru wetlands |publisher=Birdlife |ref={{harvid|Akanyaru wetlands Birdlife}} }} *{{citation |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/burundi/admin/ |accessdate=2024-06-10 |title=BURUNDI: Administrative Division |work=City Population |ref={{harvid|BURUNDI: Administrative Division}} }} *{{citation |url=https://gadm.org/maps/BDI/kirundo/kirundo_3.html |accessdate=2024-06-12 |title=Burundi / Kirundo / Kirundo |work=GADM |ref={{harvid|Burundi / Kirundo / Kirundo GADM}} }} *{{citation |journal=Sustainability |title=A Combined Analysis of Sociological and FarmbManagement Factors Affecting Household Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in Rural Burundi |author1=Risper Nyairo |author2=Takashi Machimura |author3=Takanori Matsui |date=24 May 2020 |volume=12 |issue=10 |page=4296 |doi=10.3390/su12104296|doi-access=free }} *{{cite book|author=United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service |ref={{harvid|Sub-Saharan Africa report FBIS}} |title=Sub-Saharan Africa report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBZBAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=20 April 2012|year=1982|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service.}} {{refend}}
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