Timeline of Bujumbura

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bujumbura, Burundi.

Prior to 20th century

  • 1885 - Mohamed Bin Khalfan in power in region.[1]
  • 1899 - Germans establish military settlement at village of Usumbura in colonial German East Africa.[2]

20th century

Map of Bujumbura, 1991
  • 1912 - Usumbura becomes capital of Ruanda-Urundi.[1]
  • 1916 - Belgians in power in Ruanda-Urundi.[1]
  • 1928 - Buyenzi neighborhood created.[1]
  • 1932 - Kabondo neighborhood created.[1]
  • 1941 - Kabondo neighborhood razed due to poor public health.[1]
  • 1945 - Kamenge and Kinama neighborhoods created.[3]
  • 1952 - Bujumbura Airport opens.
  • 1955 - Holy Spirit Lycée (school) active.
  • 1959 - Roman Catholic diocese of Usumbura established.[4]
  • 1960
  • 1962
    • City becomes national capital of newly formed Burundi; Usumbura renamed "Bujumbura."[5]
    • Gérard Kibinakanwa becomes mayor.[6]
  • 1963
    • Cibitoke [it] neighborhood created.[1]
    • Maniema FC (football club) formed.
  • 1965 - École Belge de Bujumbura (school) opens.
  • 1970 - Population: 78,810 (urban agglomeration).[7]
  • 1978 - Renouveau du Burundi government newspaper begins publication.[8]
  • 1984 - Télévision nationale begins broadcasting.
  • 1990 - Population: 235,440.[9]
  • 1991 - Kamenge Youth Centre established.
  • 1995
  • 1996
    • Army-rebel (Tutsi-Hutu) conflict, especially in Kamenge [fr].[12]
    • Radio Umwizero [fr] begins broadcasting.[8]
  • 1998 - Civilians killed by Hutu rebels at airport.[12]
  • 2000
    • 13 October: Army-rebel (Tutsi-Hutu) conflict occurs near city.[11]
    • 31 December: Civilians killed by Hutu rebels near city.[11]

21st century

Satellite view of Bujumbura, 2005

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Historique". Mairiebujumbura.gov.bi (in French). Mairie de Bujumbura. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b Zeleza 2003.
  3. ^ a b "L'administration de la Municipalité de Bujumbura". Villedebujumbura.org (in French). Mairie de Bujumbura. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Burundi". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  5. ^ Cybriwsky 2013.
  6. ^ "Succession à la tête de la Mairie de Bujumbura". Villedebujumbura.org (in French). Mairie de Bujumbura. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009.
  7. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1980. New York. pp. 225–252.
  8. ^ a b "Burundi". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
  9. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2005. United Nations Statistics Division.
  10. ^ a b c "Burundi Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  11. ^ a b c "Burundi". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. p. 51+. ISBN 0203409957.
  12. ^ a b Young 2010.
  13. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
  14. ^ Andreas Mehler; et al., eds. (2012). Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2011. Vol. 8. Koninklijke Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-24178-7.
  15. ^ Stef Vandeginste (2013). "Burundi". In Andreas Mehler; et al. (eds.). Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2012. Vol. 9. Koninklijke Brill. pp. 291–300. ISBN 978-90-04-25600-2.
  16. ^ "Burundi: vaste incendie au marché central de Bujumbura", Rfi.fr (in French), 27 January 2013
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English
  • C. Achikbache; et al. (1982). "Bujumbura: Muslim demographic and socio-economic aspects". Journal of the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs. 4 (4): 145–174. doi:10.1080/02666958208715865. ISSN 0266-6952.
  • Nancy Rose Hunt (1990). "Domesticity and Colonialism in Belgian Africa: Usumbura's Foyer Social, 1946-1960". Signs. 15 (3): 447–474. doi:10.1086/494605. JSTOR 3174423. S2CID 145204059.
  • Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Bujumbura, Burundi". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 0415234794.
  • Eric Young (2010). "Bujumbura, Burundi". In Kwame Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (eds.). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780195337709.
  • Roman A. Cybriwsky (2013). "Bujumbura". Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-61069-248-9.
in French
  • Sylvestre Ndayirukiye, Bujumbura centenaire : 1897-1997 : croissance et défis, L'Harmattan, Paris, 2002, 375 p. ISBN 2-7475-1302-5
  • S. Ndayirukire (2006). "La rehabilitation et la protection du patrimoine culturel national: les monuments et les édifices anciens dans la ville de Bujumbura". Culture et société (in French). 16. Bujumbura: Centre de civilisation burundaise. ISSN 0255-6308.
  • Pascal Rutaké; et al. (2011). "Planification et politiques de santé en milieu urbain: cas de la mairie de Bujumbura". Cahier du CURDES (12). University of Burundi, Centre Universitaire de Recherche pour le Développement Economique et Social.[1]
  • Burundi: Profil Urbain De Bujumbura (in French). United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2012. Free access icon
in German

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