Rumonge

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'''Rumonge''' is the capital city of Rumonge Province, Burundi, and a port on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. It is a significant transit point on the lake for trade into Burundi and other parts of East Africa.

Many of the city's residents were displaced by flooding in 2024, and 2025 attacks by the militant March 23 Movement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo disrupted trade to Rumonge.

== History == In May 2024, hundreds of families in Rumonge, particularly in the Kanyenkoko district, had to leave their homes due to flooding caused by the Murembwe River overflowing to meet the rising water levels of Lake Tanganyika. Some families were housed inside Rumonge Hospital, others were placed in Mutambara, and hundreds rented houses nearby. Fields of rice, cassava, banana, and sweet potato along the river were also flooded, and the palm groves damaged.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rumonge : Les inondations forcent des centaines de familles à quitter leur foyer |trans-title=Rumonge: Floods force hundreds of families to leave their homes |url=https://www.rpa.bi/index.php/actualites/6environnement/rumonge-les-inondations-forcent-des-centaines-de-familles-a-quitter-leur-foyer |date=9 May 2024 |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=Radio Publique Africaine |language=fr}}</ref>

The Goma and Bukavu military offensives by the March 23 Movement in early 2025 severely reduced trade in Rumonge. The Congolese rebel group's attacks displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians, resulting in merchants and customers from those cities no longer visiting Rumonge's port.<ref>{{cite news |last=Yihundimpundu |first=Gildas |title=Ikivuko ca Rumonge: Ingaruka z'intambara ya Congo{{nbsp}}... iduga ry'amazi ya Tanganyika |trans-title=Rumonge Port: Consequences of the Congo War{{nbsp}}... Tanganyika Waterways |url=https://www.bbc.com/gahuza/articles/cg41r3wdpgqo |access-date=30 June 2025 |work=BBC News |language=rw}}</ref>

== Demographics == The 2008 census recorded a population of 35,931 in Rumonge, making it Burundi's fourth largest city.<ref name="citypop">{{cite web |last=Brinkhoff |first=Thomas |title=Burundi |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/burundi/cities/ |access-date=29 June 2025 |work=Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of Burundi |via=City Population}}</ref>

== Hospital == Rumonge Hospital is a public regional hospital.<ref>{{cite web |title=Financement base sur la performance HR Rumonge |trans-title=Performance-based financing HR Rumonge |publisher=Ministry of Public Health (Burundi) |url=http://fbpsanteburundi.bi/bdd072020/data/entity/101.html |accessdate=9 July 2024 |language=fr}}</ref> It serves the Rumonge Health District.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carte Sanitaire du Burundi |trans-title=Health Map of Burundi |url=https://minisante.gov.bi/wp-content/uploads/carte_sanitaire/carte%20sanitaire%20Burundi%20mai2016.pdf |year=2016 |publisher=Ministry of Public Health (Burundi) |accessdate=21 June 2024 |language=fr}}</ref> The hospital originated as a dispensary constructed in 1922 during the Belgian colonial period. Over the years it steadily expanded, and at present it can accommodate a large number of patients.<ref>{{cite web |title=Qui Sommes Nous? |trans-title=Who Are We? |url=https://hopitalrumonge.bi/about |website=Hôpital Rumonge |access-date=29 June 2025 |language=fr}}</ref>

== Transportation == Rumonge is the location of Burundi's only major landing site.<ref>{{cite web |title=2.1 Burundi Port of Bujumbura |url=https://lca.logcluster.org/21-burundi-port-bujumbura |website=Logistics Cluster |access-date=30 June 2025}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Populated places in Burundi