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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
- University of Burundi founded.[2]
 - Radio nationale begins broadcasting.
 
 - 1962
 - 1963
- Cibitoke 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
- Ethnic violence during the Burundian Civil War.[10][11]
 - 11 March: Government official Ernest Kabushemeye killed.
 
 - 1996
 - 1998 - Civilians killed by Hutu rebels at airport.[12]
 - 2000
 
21st century

Satellite view of Bujumbura, 2005
- 2003
- City besieged by rebel forces.[10]
 - April: Peacekeeping African Union Mission in Burundi headquartered in city.
 
 - 2005 - City administration divided into 13 neighborhoods: Buterere, Buyenzi, Bwiza, Cibitoke, Gihosha, Kamenge, Kanyosha, Kinama, Kinindo, Musaga, Ngagara, Nyakabiga, and Rohero. Each has its own council and leader.[3]
 - 2007 - September: Conflict between factions of the National Forces of Liberation.[10]
 - 2008 - Population: 497,169.[13]
 - 2011 - 30 November: East African Community summit held in city.[14]
 - 2012
 - 2013 - Central market burns down.[16]
 - 2015 - Burundian unrest (2015–present).
 - 2018 December 24 - Burundi moved its capital from Bujumbura to Gitega.
 
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Historique". Mairiebujumbura.gov.bi (in French). Mairie de Bujumbura. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
 - 1 2 Zeleza 2003.
 - 1 2 "L'administration de la Municipalité de Bujumbura". Villedebujumbura.org (in French). Mairie de Bujumbura. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009.
 - ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Burundi". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
 - ↑ Cybriwsky 2013.
 - ↑ "Succession à la tête de la Mairie de Bujumbura". Villedebujumbura.org (in French). Mairie de Bujumbura. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009.
 - ↑ 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.
 - 1 2 "Burundi". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
 - ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2005. United Nations Statistics Division.
 - 1 2 3 "Burundi Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
 - 1 2 3 "Burundi". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. p. 51+. ISBN 0203409957.
 - 1 2 Young 2010.
 - ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
 - ↑ 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.
 - ↑ 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.
 - ↑ "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). Bujumbura: Centre de civilisation burundaise. 16. 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. University of Burundi, Centre Universitaire de Recherche pour le Développement Economique et Social (12).
 - Burundi: Profil Urbain De Bujumbura (in French). United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2012. 

 
- in German
 
- "Usumbura". Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (in German). 1920 – via Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt.
 
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 - "(Bujumbura)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
 - "(Bujumbura)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
 - "(Bujumbura)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
 - "Bujumbura, Burundi". BlackPast.org. United States. 11 February 2014.
 
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