{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> |name =Commune of Ntega |settlement_type =Commune |coordinates={{coord|2|36|55|S|29|59|56|E|type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-itwiki|display=it}} |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 = Ntega |seat_type = |seat = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |unit_pref =Imperial<!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_total = | timezone =Central Africa Time | utc_offset = +2 |latd=|latm=|lats=|latNS= |longd=|longm=|longs= |longEW= |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = }} The '''commune of Ntega''' is a commune of Kirundo Province in northern Burundi.{{sfn|Sub-Saharan Africa report}}
==Location== The Commune of Ntega has an area of {{convert|260.8|km2}} and had a population of 98,665 as of the 2008 census.{{sfn|BURUNDI: Administrative Division}}
==Environment== Lake Narungazi is in the Commune of Ntega, west of Lake Rwihinda and south of Lake Nagitamo.{{sfn|Way: Lac Narungazi}} It covers an area of {{convert|61|ha}} in a valley at an altitude of {{convert|1380|m}} bordered by the ''collines'' Nyange–Kiriringanire and Kanyarwe–Mwunguko, which reach an altitude of {{convert|1452|m}}. {{sfn|Decret N°100-114}} It is in the Nyavyamo ''cyperus papyrus'' swamp which extends east from the Akanyaru River and includes Lake Nagitamo and Lake Rwihinda.{{sfn|Nzigidahera|Fofo|Misigaro |2005|p=32}} Upstream of Lake Narungazi, the Nyavyamo marsh is used for the cultivation of sorghum.{{sfn|Nzigidahera|Fofo|Misigaro |2005|p=44}} The southern branch of Lake Narungazi, between the ''collines'' of Kanyago the east and Mugendo to the west, extends through Narungazi marsh, which is used for cultivation of rice up to the edge of the water, apart from some fragments of ''Typha domingensis'' and some tufts of ''Phragmites''.{{sfn|Nzigidahera|Fofo|Misigaro |2005|p=63}}
Lake Mwungere is in the Commune of Ntega near the villages of Mariza and Mugina. It is connected by wetlands to the Akanyaru River.{{sfn|Way: Lac Mwungere}}
==Administrative divisions== The capital lies at Ntega. The commune is divided into the following collines, from north to south,{{sfn|Burundi / Kirundo / Ntega GADM}} {{flatlist|indent=2| *Mugendo *Kinyovu *Makombe *Kanyagu *Buringanire *Carubambo *Murungurira *Susa *Mariza *Sasa *Nyemera *Rugese *Monge *Gitwenzi *Gasave *Kigaga *Rwimbogo *Ntega *Mihigo *Gatwe *Gihome *Kanabugire *Nyakibingo *Gisitwe *Nkorwe *Rushubije *Mwendo *Muyinza *Rukore *Murarambwe *Runyankezi *Bugorora *Gatanga }} ==Economy== In 2021 and again in 2022 dozens of collines in the Bugabira, Busoni, Kirundo and Ntega communes of Kirundo experienced a shortage of rain during the period when the bean, corn and sorghum crops were flowering and ripening, affecting over 200,000 people. Many men left the affected areas in search of work, leaving the elderly, disabled, women and children behind.{{sfn|UN Humanitarian|2022}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== {{refbegin}} *{{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/ntega_3.html |accessdate=2024-06-12 |title=Burundi / Kirundo / Ntega |publisher=GADM |ref={{harvid|Burundi / Kirundo / Ntega GADM}}}} *{{citation |url=https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/bur143164.pdf |accessdate=2024-06-10 |language=fr |ref={{harvid|Decret N°100-114}} |title=Decret N°100-114 Du 12 Avril 2011 Portant Delimitation du Paysage Aquatique Protege du Nord |publisher=Republic of Burundi}} *{{citation |url=https://bi.chm-cbd.net/sites/bi/files/2020-12/paysage-aquatique-nord-bi.pdf |access-date=9 June 2024 |language=fr |title=Paysage Aquatique Protege du Nord du Burundi – Etude D'identification |last1=Nzigidahera |first1=Benoît |last2=Fofo |first2=Alphonse |last3=Misigaro |first3=Apollinaire |date=August 2005}} *{{cite book|author=United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service |ref={{harvid|Sub-Saharan Africa report}} |title=Sub-Saharan Africa report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBZBAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=20 April 2012|year=1982|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service.}} *{{citation |url=https://unocha.exposure.co/burundi-200000-people-affected-by-lack-of-rain-need-assistance |accessdate=2024-06-08 |author=UN Humanitarian |publisher=OCHA |date=23 February 2022 |title=Burundi: 200,000 people affected by lack of rain need assistance }} *{{citation |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/299661662#map=14/-2.5825/29.9546 |title=Way: Lac Mwungere (299661662) |work=OpenStreetMap |ref={{harvid|Way: Lac Mwungere}} }} *{{citation |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/125766576#map=13/-2.5360/30.0205 |title=Way: Lac Narungazi (125766576) |work=OpenStreetMap |ref={{harvid|Way: Lac Narungazi}} }} {{refend}}
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